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chrisseaton on March 19, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: A new class-action lawsuit takes aim at real estat...

Realtor is a brand name - it's a registered trademark. The generic version is estate agent.

noneeeed on March 19, 2019 [–]

TIL!

I've only ever seen it used in the generic sense online, a bit like the way we talk about "a hoover" when we mean "a vacuum cleaner".

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