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Realtor U.S.|ˈriːəltə(r)|
Also realtor.
[f. realty2 + -or.]
A proprietary term in the U.S. for a real-estate agent or broker who belongs to the National Association of Realtors (formerly the National Association of Real Estate Boards). Also gen., an estate agent.
1916C. N. Chadbourn in Nat. Real Estate Jrnl. 15 Mar. 111/2, I propose that the National Association adopt a professional title to be conferred upon its members which they shall use to distinguish them from outsiders. That this title be copyrighted and defended by the National Association against misuse... I therefore, propose that the National Association adopt and confer upon its members, dealers in realty, the title of realtor (accented on the first syllable). 1922S. Lewis Babbitt xiii. 157 We ought to insist that folks call us ‘realtors’ and not ‘real-estate men’. Sounds more like a reg'lar profession. 1925O. W. Holmes Let. 17 Dec. in Holmes-Laski Lett. (1953) I. 807 These realtors, as they call themselves, I presume are influential. 1929Sun (Baltimore) 8 Jan. 26/3 (heading) Realtors doubt plan for Fox Theater here. 1931Evening Standard 25 Apr. 15/2 (heading) ‘Realtor’ recommends Surrey. 1934E. Pound Eleven New Cantos xxxv. 23 His Wife now acts as his model and the Egeria Has, let us say, married a realtor. 1942Amer. Speech XVII. 209/2 The ambitious realtor's favorites, the over⁓worked [street names] Grand, Broadway, and Inspiration. 1948Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 14 Sept. 340/2 National Association of Real Estate Boards, Chicago, Ill... Service Mark. Realtors. For services in connection with the brokerage of real estate... Claims use since Mar. 31, 1916. 1962R. B. Fuller Epic Poem on Industrialization 139 The organized religions The world's premier realtors. 1969Parade (N.Y.) 14 Dec. 18/2 The realtor who sold most of the property to the hippies has had her office windows smashed. 1970Globe & Mail (Toronto) 25 Sept. 40/2 (Advt.), Metro wide established realtor with country wide referral contacts. 1973R. C. Dennis Sweat of Fear ix. 59 The realtor said... ‘Let me point out some of the features of this lovely, lovely home.’ 1979Tucson Mag. Apr. 33/3 Included are..bankers and lawyers; social and political activists; professors and artists, renovators and historians, journalists and realtors. |