estate agent

noun

British
: a real estate broker or manager

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Traditional companies that specialize in accommodating diplomatic personnel use booking options through a manager like Hamptons estate agents which has done this work since 1869, matching up people with the right accommodation locally, nationally and internationally. Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025 Prince Harry's ex married estate agent Harry Wentworth-Stanely in 2020 and the couple went on to welcome son Wilbur, 2. Janine Henni, People.com, 10 June 2025 This in itself was meaningful; the upmarket estate agent Aston Chase estimated that, at the time of the invasion, some 150,000 Russians were living in ‘Londongrad’ owning £1.1 billion ($1.5 billion) worth of residential property. Ian King, CNBC, 2 July 2025 Shuna Island, which sits just off the west coast of Scotland, is being sold for the first time in 80 years, according to listings from estate agents Knight Frank and Sotheby’s International Realty. Jack Guy, CNN Money, 24 June 2025 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 7 Aug. 2025.

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