Realtor
a person who works in the real-estate business and is a member of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, or one of its constituent boards, and abides by its Code of Ethics.
Realtor
American
[ree-uhl-ter, -tawr, reel-]
/ ˈri əl tər, -ˌtɔr, ˈril- /
Trademark.
realtor
British
/ ˈrɪəltə, -ˌtɔː /
noun
Etymology
Origin of realtor
C20: from a trademark
Example Sentences
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The top donors to the No campaign were real-estate investment trusts Equity Residential, AvalonBay Communities and UDR and Realtor associations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
Anthony, a 47-year-old Realtor who also chairs West Hollywood’s business licensing commission, said he had to hide all his public business listings due to harassment.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Pending home sales, the Realtor group’s measure of contract signings and a leading indicator of future sales, were down 9.3% in December, he noted.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
Zielinski, a 44-year-old Realtor, was intrigued that Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse at the local veterans hospital, would be a gun owner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026
“Mr. Beiderman’s Realtor is showing the apartment tomorrow morning at eleven.”
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
As a realtor, she said she handles contracts, budgets, negotiations, legal requirements and competing interests — helpful skills in a trustee role.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Home builders fell after online realtor Redfin estimated that pending-home sales around the U.S. fell to a five-month low in the latest weekly tally of sales contracts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Danielle Lazier, another experienced San Francisco realtor, describes similar, but adds some perspective.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Something does not add up, even accounting for sales taxes and realtor fees.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
Poppy told the realtor soberly that he was sorry, but he couldn’t bear to look out his window at that depressing sign.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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