indian agent

1. 1.

   a representative of the federal government to American Indian tribes (especially on Indian reservations)

   Broaderagent

Questions about indian agent

What does indian agent mean?

indian agent means "a representative of the federal government to American Indian tribes (especially on Indian reservations)".

Is indian agent a common word?

indian agent is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.