house agent

noun British.

a real-estate agent.
a renting agent or a rent collector.

Origin of house agent

First recorded in 1835–45

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Examples from the Web for house agent

Historical Examples of house agent

Your house-agent is an ill judge of the subtler forms of humour.
Punch, or the London Charivari, May 27, 1914
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He assured me, on his word as a house-agent, that it had once been a trout stream.
They and I
Jerome K. Jerome
The house-agent laughed, dismissed them, and put others in their place.
A Stable for Nightmares
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Sangiorgio consulted the piece of paper given him by the house-agent.
The conquest of Rome
Matilde Serao
I took her hand, and gave it a firm grip, and we went into the house-agent's together.
A Plucky Girl
L. T. Meade

British Dictionary definitions for house agent

house agent

noun

British another name for estate agent

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