noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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noun
Meaning 1
A person or business that sells or leases out real estate, acting as an agent for the property owner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a real estate agent who is a member of the National Association of Realtors
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: real estate broker, real estate agent, estate agent, land agent, house agent
History
Etymology
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.
Across languages
Translations
55 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
посредник
(posrednik)
— dealer in real estate
Bulgarian:
посредничка
(posrednička)
— dealer in real estate
Chinese Mandarin:
房地產經紀人 /房地产经纪人
(fángdìchǎn jīngjìrén)
— dealer in real estate
Chinese Mandarin:
中介
(zhōngjiè)
— dealer in real estate
Danish:
ejendomsmægler
— dealer in real estate
Dutch:
makelaar
— dealer in real estate
Dutch:
vastgoedmakelaar
— dealer in real estate
Finnish:
kiinteistönvälittäjä
— dealer in real estate
French:
agent immobilier
— dealer in real estate
French:
agente immobilière
— dealer in real estate
German:
Immobilienmakler
— dealer in real estate
German:
Immobilienmaklerin
— dealer in real estate
German:
Makler
— dealer in real estate
German:
Maklerin
— dealer in real estate
German:
Immobilienhändler
— dealer in real estate
German:
Immobilienhändlerin
— dealer in real estate
German:
Grundstücksmakler
— dealer in real estate
German:
Grundstücksmaklerin
— dealer in real estate
German:
Häusermakler
— dealer in real estate
German:
Häusermaklerin
— dealer in real estate
German:
Hausmakler
— dealer in real estate
German:
Hausmaklerin
— dealer in real estate
Greek:
κτηματομεσίτης
(ktimatomesítis)
— dealer in real estate
Greek:
κτηματομεσίτρια
(ktimatomesítria)
— dealer in real estate
Hungarian:
ingatlanügynök
— dealer in real estate
Italian:
agente immobiliare
— dealer in real estate
Italian:
immobiliarista
— dealer in real estate
Japanese:
不動産屋
(fudōsan'ya)
— dealer in real estate
Latin:
praediātor
— dealer in real estate
Latin:
praediātrīx
— dealer in real estate
Macedonian:
аге́нт за недвижности
(agént za nedvižnosti)
— dealer in real estate
Macedonian:
аге́нт за недвижнини
(agént za nedvižnini)
— dealer in real estate
Norwegian Bokmål:
eiendomsmegler
— dealer in real estate
Norwegian Bokmål:
eiendomsmekler
— dealer in real estate
Norwegian Nynorsk:
eigedomsmeklar
— dealer in real estate
Polish:
agent nieruchomości
— dealer in real estate
Polish:
agentka nieruchomości
— dealer in real estate
Portuguese:
corretor
— dealer in real estate
Portuguese:
corretora
— dealer in real estate
Romanian:
agent imobiliar
— dealer in real estate
Romanian:
agentă imobiliară
— dealer in real estate
Russian:
аге́нт по прода́же недви́жимости
(agént po prodáže nedvížimosti)
— dealer in real estate
Russian:
рие́лтор
(rijéltor)
— dealer in real estate
Spanish:
agente inmobiliario
— dealer in real estate
Spanish:
agente inmobiliaria
— dealer in real estate
Spanish:
fideicomisario
— dealer in real estate
Spanish:
fideicomisaria
— dealer in real estate
Swedish:
fastighetsmäklare
— dealer in real estate
Swedish:
mäklare
— dealer in real estate
Turkish:
emlakçı
— dealer in real estate
Ukrainian:
ріє́лтор
(rijéltor)
— dealer in real estate
Ukrainian:
ріє́лторка
(rijéltorka)
— dealer in real estate
Vietnamese:
địa ốc viên
— dealer in real estate
Vietnamese:
chuyên viên địa ốc
— dealer in real estate
Vietnamese:
chuyên viên bất động sản
— dealer in real estate
