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Meanings of auctioneer in English

Russian
аукционист
Portuguese
leiloeiro
Spanish
martillero publico
Wikidata

Person who runs a sale by auction.

        Related terms
        аукционист
        Portuguese
        leiloar
        Catalan
        subhastar

        Sell at an auction.

              leiloar
              Usage of auctioneer in English
              1
              The auctioneer approached 'Ala' al-Din, who went up to two thousand dinars.
              The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights. Vol. 1
              2
              Gone down in blood and tears with the dream of the auctioneer.
              The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
              3
              I help the auctioneer, the sloven does not half know his business.
              Leaves of Grass
              4
              It was not I; it is that poor fellow Johnson, the auctioneer.
              Beatrice
              5
              Anything associated with Michael Jackson is highly collectible, said auctioneer Darren Julien.
              Reuters
              6
              From the landing already he could hear the voice of the auctioneer.
              The Child of Pleasure
              7
              The auctioneer held in his hand a gaudy bauble of worldly pleasure.
              Mr. World and Miss Church-Member: A Twentieth Century Allegory
              8
              SIBLINGS: Barrister Constance Cassidy and her auctioneer sister Helen discuss their relationship.
              The Irish Times
              9
              She now works at an auctioneer of construction equipment in The Netherlands.
              Reuters
              10
              He afterwards exchanged this business for that of auctioneer and general merchant.
              The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume 6. / The Songs of Scotland ...
              11
              The auctioneer is touched & says, This gentleman has confidence in me.
              The new yorker
              12
              After several fruitless inquiries of the auctioneer the purchaser went to Byron.
              A Discourse on the Life, Character and Writings of Gulian Cromme...
              13
              Behind him, he could hear the auctioneer's hammer hit the lectern Sold.
              The Magician
              14
              The auctioneer looked doubtfully at the money which Pa laid mutely down.
              Chronicles of Avonlea
              15
              The auctioneer put his hand under her chin and raised it roughly.
              The Crisis — Volume 01
              16
              The auctioneer again scanned it contemptuously, and asked what it was worth.
              McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader
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              Translations for auctioneer
              Catalan
              subhastar
              Auctioneer through the time
              Auctioneer across language varieties
              Ireland
              Common
              United Kingdom
              Less common
              United States of America
              Rare