Citations:realtor

Noun

 * 1)  A person or business that sells or leases out real estate, acting as an agent for the property owner.
 * 2) * 1919: United States Senate, U.S. Housing Corporation. Hearings Before a Subcommittee
 * Mr. Shannon (witness): It was composed of an engineer, if I remember correctly, a town planner, a realtor, and occasionally an architect ...
 * 1) * 1922: Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt
 * First place, we ought to insist that folks call us ‘realtors’ and not ‘real-estate men.’ Sounds more like a reg’lar profession.
 * 1) * 1975: Jerzy N Kosinski, Cockpit, New York, Grove Press, 1998, p.189
 * Intrigued by the prospect of an additional commission, the realtor hurriedly assured me he foresaw no problem in obtaining the lease.
 * 1) * 1996: Gina Berriault, "The Cove", in Women in Their Beds: New and Selected Stories, Washington, Counterpoint Press, p.194
 * Persons who sometimes roam through houses they cannot afford in order to impress realtors, or&mdash;though they have not met him before&mdash; vindictively waste his time, never venture onto verdant ground and across the threshhold of that property.
 * 1) * 1997: Douglas A. Gray, Canadian home buying made easy, 2nd edition, p.72
 * The terms agent, broker, and realtor are often used interchangeably.
 * 1) * 2002: Sarah Young Fisher and Susan Shelly, Complete Idiot's Guide to Personal Finance in Your 40s and 50s, Indianapolis, Alpha Books
 * If you're relocating and looking for a realtor, you could call the chamber of commerce or the local board of real estate agents...
 * 1) * 2003: Gary Andrew Dresden, Confessions of a Gynecologist, Lincoln, NE, iUniverse, p.111
 * The realtor was like a carnivore, ready to spring. He was originally from New York and he seemed like the kind of guy who could smell a deal.