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freight agent
noun
- a representative of a common carrier who manages the freight business in a local district.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of freight agent1
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Example Sentences
Our contracting freight agent on the coast at that time was a fellow so erratic that he was nicknamed Crazyhorse.
Samuel had become western freight agent of the Great Northern and was on the way to desirable promotion.
I was asking Mr. Hitter, the freight agent at the depot, about it.
Your general freight agent, who is a sort of official cousin to the general passenger agent, is the man who studies tonnage.
Evidently he had made an appointment, for he was met by the freight agent of the B. & M., who knew Bart and nodded to him.
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