estate agent

noun

British
: a real estate broker or manager

Examples of estate agent in a Sentence

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Many real-estate agents, to their credit, seem to instinctively understand this challenge. Franklin Schneider, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026 Max Schreck plays Count Orlok, the Dracula analog who preys upon Hutter, a visiting estate agent. Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Jan. 2026 Mark Jovanovic, a real-estate agent, started helping rent the units around 2005 and couldn’t turn down an invitation to Bill and Donna’s duplex. Will Ellis, Curbed, 6 Jan. 2026 Lists of haunted houses can be found on most estate agent websites. Chris Lau, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for estate agent

Word History

First Known Use

1787, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of estate agent was in 1787

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“Estate agent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/estate%20agent. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.

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