estate agent
Americannoun
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the steward or manager of a landed estate.
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a real-estate agent; realtor.
noun
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Usual US and Canadian name: real-estate agent. an agent concerned with the valuation, management, lease, and sale of property
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the administrator of a large landed property, acting on behalf of its owner; estate manager
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Etymology
Origin of estate agent
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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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
He later enlisted celebrity real estate agent Jason Oppenheim to help him find a buyer for the property.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 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
San Francisco real estate agent Butch Haze of Compass has seen tech booms followed by ravenous bursts of homebuying since the first internet gold rush of the late 1990s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
The real estate agent informed us that our new house is a simple Cape Cod.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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