agent de change

noun

ä-zhäⁿ-də-ˈshäⁿzh

plural agents de change

ä-zhäⁿ-də-ˈshäⁿzh

: a member of the board of licensed brokers who form the official bourse in France and some other European countries

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French, "agent of the exchange"

First Known Use

1821, in the meaning defined above

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