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estate agent

American  

noun

British.
estate agents plural
  1. the steward or manager of a landed estate.

  2. a real-estate agent; realtor.


estate agent British  

noun

  1. Usual US and Canadian name: real-estate agent.  an agent concerned with the valuation, management, lease, and sale of property

  2. the administrator of a large landed property, acting on behalf of its owner; estate manager

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of estate agent

First recorded in 1875–80

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Police officers investigating the disappearance of estate agent Suzy Lamplugh in west London say they remain "haunted" by the case, four decades after she went missing.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Her white Ford Fiesta was later found abandoned nearby but there was no trace of the estate agent.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

From estate agent to wrestling superstardom in Mexico.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

In mid-February, a trust bought a 5,000-square-foot home listed for $2.4 million in a gated community in Denton County, according to the appraisal district and the seller’s real estate agent.

From Salon Jul. 7, 2026

“The house is good security. I had me a real estate agent offered me seven thousand last year.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

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