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Agent
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'''Agent''' can mean:
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Agent (grammar), one of the thematic roles: the participant of a situation that carries out an action
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Agent (law), a person authorised to act on behalf of another person
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literary agent, a person who represents a writer
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sports agent, a professional who represents an athlete
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Agent (economics)
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Espionage, secret agent, a spy
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Double agent, in spying
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Election agent, a person responsible for a candidate's campaign
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Free agent, a sports player who is out of contract
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Real estate broker, or real estate agent
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Agent provocateur, A person assigned to provoke unrest, violence, debate, or argument by or within a group while acting as a member of the group but covertly representing the interests of another
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Agent noun (or ''nomen agentis''), one of the derivatemes (a topic from linguistic morphology)
;In science:
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Agent Orange, a herbicide
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biological agent, an infectious disease that can be used in biological warfare
;In computing:
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Forté Agent, a newsreader and email client
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software agent, software that acts on behalf of a user
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intelligent agent, an intelligent software agent
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user agent, a client application used with a particular network protocol
;In culture:
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Agent 212, a Belgian comic
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Agent (The Matrix) Agents, characters in ''The Matrix''
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Secret Agent, a 1936 film
* The Agents, super-human characters in
Seven Samurai 20XX
See also
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Special agent
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