ticket agent

a person who sells tickets, as for theater seats, train accommodations, etc.

Origin of ticket agent

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

Bill, the ticket-agent, held his lantern over it on the platform.

Red Men and White |Owen Wister
At one of the stations the ticket-agent took his horse out from the car, and riding off into the country, we saw no more of him.

In Indian Mexico (1908) |Frederick Starr
Such commonplace American terms as box-car, caboose, air-line and ticket-agent are still quite unknown in England.

The American Language |Henry L. Mencken
The ticket-agent scanned her curiously, but Betty looked perfectly unconcerned, and he saw no occasion to question her.

Betty's Happy Year |Carolyn Wells

A thought struck her, and she went into the waiting-room and asked the ticket-agent if the train was very late.

The Debtor |Mary E. Wilkins Freeman