LAND AGENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does land agent mean? 

• LAND AGENT (noun)
  The noun LAND AGENT has 2 senses:

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

2. a person who administers a landed estate

  Familiarity information: LAND AGENT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAND 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 ("land 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 "land agent"):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who administers a landed estate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

administrator; decision maker (someone who administers a business)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

 Context examples 

I called at Allan Brothers’, the chief land agents in the village, and found that it was from this firm that the villa had been rented.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)