estate agent

noun

British
: a real estate broker or manager

Examples of estate agent in a Sentence

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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 In the very first scene of the film, Guy attempts to lie to the couple’s real-estate agent about his career, before Rosemary twice interjects with the truth. Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025 In 2017, Jessica Levy Buchman, a real-estate agent in Brooklyn, got a call from a couple looking to sell a three-bedroom apartment at 120 Prospect Park West. Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 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 14 Jan. 2026.

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