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Definition of Freight agent
1. Noun. An employee of a freight carrier who directs the receipt and delivery of goods.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Freight Agent
Literary usage of Freight agent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1903)
"There was evidence, as we have seen, that the general freight agent received
official knowledge of the agreement made between the station agent at Henderson ..."
2. Railroad Traffic and Rates by Emory Richard Johnson, Grover Gerhardt Huebner (1911)
"General freight agent. Assistant General freight agent. ... There is a General
freight agent whose jurisdiction extends over the New York Central & Hudson ..."
3. Freight Terminals and Trains: Including a Revision of Yards and Terminals by John Albert Droege (1912)
"... XXIV THE freight agent The duties devolving upon the station agent are complex.
The kinds of stations and their importance vary; the qualifications of ..."
4. Freight Terminals and Trains: Including a Revision of Yards and Terminals by John Albert Droege (1912)
"... XXIV THE freight agent The duties devolving upon the station agent are complex.
The kinds of stations and their importance vary; the qualifications of ..."
5. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1919)
"On the appointment of Mr. Gilbert as local freight agent of the plaintiff, on
March 1, 1907; following the death of Colonel Ketchum, the defendant continued ..."
6. Gregg Speed Studies by John Robert Gregg (1917)
"When another letter is added, as in "general freight agent," the vowel is joined
because ... Key: freight agent, freight auditor, freight claim * auditor, ..."
7. Railways and Other Ways: Being Reminiscences of Canal and Railway Life by Myles Pennington (1894)
"For some years he was general freight agent on the Northern Railway, and when
that road merged into the Grand Trunk, Mr. Dickson was appointed district ..."
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