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auctioneer
CIDE DICTIONARY
auctioneer, n.
A person who sells by auction; a person whose business it is to dispose of goods or lands by public sale to the highest or best bidder. [1913 Webster]
auctioneer, v. t.
To sell by auction; to auction. [1913 Webster]
"Estates . . . advertised and auctioneered away." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
auctioneer, n. a person who conducts auctions professionally, by calling for bids and declaring goods sold.
Derivative
auctioneering n.
DEVIL DICTIONARY
auctioneer
n. The man who proclaims with a hammer that he has picked a pocket with his tongue.ROGET THESAURUS
auctioneer
Consignee
N consignee, trustee, nominee, committee, agent, delegate, commissary, commissioner, emissary, envoy, commissionaire, messenger, diplomatist, diplomat, diplomate, corps diplomatique, embassy, ambassador, embassador, representative, resident, consul, legate, nuncio, internuncio, charge d'affaires, attache, vicegerent, plenipotentiary, functionary, placeman, curator, treasurer, factor, bailiff, clerk, secretary, attorney, advocate, solicitor, proctor, broker, underwriter, commission agent, auctioneer, one's man of business, factotum, caretaker, dalal, dubash, garnishee, gomashta, negotiator, go-between, middleman, under agent, employe, servant, referee, arbitrator, traveler, bagman, commis-voyageur, touter, commercial traveler, drummer, traveling man, newspaper correspondent, own correspondent, special correspondent.Sale
N sale, vent, disposal, auction, roup, Dutch auction, outcry, vendue, custom, vendibility, vendibleness, seller, vender, vendor, merchant, auctioneer, under the hammer, on the market, for sale, salable, marketable, vendible, unsalable unpurchased, unbought, on one's hands, chose qui plait est a demi vendue.For further exploring for "auctioneer" in Webster Dictionary Online