estate agent

noun

British
: a real estate broker or manager

Examples of estate agent in a Sentence

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Lists of haunted houses can be found on most estate agent websites. — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025 Alexandra Carter, a real-estate agent with Corcoran, is one of the group’s admins. — Sara Lieberman, Curbed, 4 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 Kendall Phills is now a real-estate agent in Charlotte and runs her own charitable foundation. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 19 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for estate agent

Word History

First Known Use

1787, in the meaning defined above

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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 7 Jul. 2026.

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