realtor
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realtor
- /ˈɹi(ə)l.təɹ/ US
- /ˈɹi(ə)l.tɔɹ/ US
Where it comes from
From real (in real estate) and -or. Coined by Charles N. Chadbourn in 1916, on the model of Latin agent nouns ending in -tor (such as actor, creator), to refer to real-estate professionals who are members of the National Association of Realtors, a trade association in the United States. Equivalent to realt(y) + -or.
noun realtors
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A person or business that sells or leases out real estate, acting as an agent for the property owner.
It was composed of an engineer, if I remember correctly, a town planner, a realtor, and occasionally an architect […]
Similar: estate agent, real estate agent
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: estate agent, land agent, house agent, realty, real-estate, estate, property, broker, officer, manager, dealer, stockbroker, vendor, agent, managing, seller
Translations
Every language
noun dealer in real estate
| Español | agente inmobiliario, agente inmobiliaria, fideicomisario, fideicomisaria |
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| 日本語 | 不動産屋 fudōsan'ya |
| 中文 | 房地產經紀人 /房地产经纪人 fángdìchǎn jīngjìrén, 中介 zhōngjiè |
| Português | corretor, corretora |
| Français | agent immobilier, agente immobilière |
| Deutsch | Immobilienmakler, Immobilienmaklerin, Makler, Maklerin, Immobilienhändler, Immobilienhändlerin |
| Italiano | agente immobiliare, immobiliarista |
| Ελληνικά | κτηματομεσίτης ktimatomesítis, κτηματομεσίτρια ktimatomesítria |
| Română | agent imobiliar, agentă imobiliară |
| Русский | аге́нт по прода́же недви́жимости agént po prodáže nedvížimosti, рие́лтор rijéltor |
| Tiếng Việt | địa ốc viên, chuyên viên địa ốc, chuyên viên bất động sản |
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title = {realtor},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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