estate agent

noun

British
: a real estate broker or manager

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Also running are real-estate agent Antoine Bass, social worker Sylvester Fulcher and Veronica Bolling-Franklin, a school board member for Elementary School District 159. A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026 The skier in front of me was a Russian real-estate agent with a live Pomeranian sticking its head out of her backpack. Blair Braverman, Outside, 11 Mar. 2026 Alexandra Carter, a real-estate agent with Corcoran, is one of the group’s admins. Sara Lieberman, Curbed, 4 Mar. 2026 The three fathers included a criminal prosecutor, a seismologist, and a real-estate agent. Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026 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 26 Mar. 2026.

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