noun
1. : one employed to transact generally all legal business of his principal entrusted to him or to do all acts connected with a particular trade, business, or employment especially at a particular place : one whose authority is to conduct a series of transactions in the continuous service of his principal
2. : a representative of an insurance company or often of several companies (as in fire insurance) who appoints and supervises selling agents and administers the company's business within a specified territory