house agent
Americannoun
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a real-estate agent.
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a renting agent or a rent collector.
noun
Etymology
Origin of house agent
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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Ms Stephens is also a house agent and fashion designer, and when she is not teaching, she is scouring the city for empty apartments to rent to clients.
From BBC • Sep. 8, 2023
The Indian Agency House was built along the portage route between the Fox and Wisconsin rivers in 1832 to house agent John H. Kinzie and his wife, Juliette.
From Washington Times • Aug. 1, 2020
While Agee and special agent Stephen Wells waited outside Katona's house, agent Kimmell and group supervisor Stephen St. Pierre went to Katona's office and waited for him to return from an errand.
From Time Magazine Archive
I'm kind of a house agent, also a manager of funerals.
From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)
"You'll have to build a house," said the house agent, sighing wearily, "if you want all that."
From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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