estate agent

noun

British
: a real estate broker or manager

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Meanwhile, something bubbling away in the background is the news that another estate agent, Douglas Kelly, has mysteriously disappeared. Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2025 The international estate agent, Savills, said last year that brands should look beyond capital cities and leisure destinations, and consider opening stores in growing, affluent regions across India, China and Dubai. David Moin, WWD, 21 Jan. 2025 Years go by with the two sharing a psychic connection, until Ellen's husband, an estate agent, is called to Orlok's eerie castle in Transylvania's Carpathian Alps to sell him a manor in their home city of Wisborg, Germany. Nick Romano, EW.com, 21 Jan. 2025 This lush, physically plush period piece is designed to seduce us as surely as Bill Skarsgard’s Count Orlok seduces Lily-Rose Depp’s Ellen, his estate agent’s wife. Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 12 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for estate agent

Word History

First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of estate agent was in 1856

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“Estate agent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/estate%20agent. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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