HOUSE AGENT

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does house agent mean? 

• HOUSE AGENT (noun)
  The noun HOUSE AGENT has 1 sense:

1. a person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land

  Familiarity information: HOUSE AGENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOUSE AGENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

estate agent; house agent; land agent; real estate agent; real estate broker

Context example:

in England they call a real estate agent a land agent

Hypernyms ("house agent" is a kind of...):

agent; broker; factor (a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "house agent"):

Realtor (a real estate agent who is a member of the National Association of Realtors)

 Context examples 

You come to a London house agent!

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The local house agent could tell me nothing about Charlington Hall, and referred me to a well-known firm in Pall Mall.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)