| 1. | a person or firm engaged at a commission to obtain grants of public lands or to negotiate the buying and selling of private lands between two or more parties. |
| 2. | a government official in charge of the management of public lands. |
| 3. | British. the steward of an estate. |
| land agent | |
noun | |
| 1. | a person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land; "in England they call a real estate agent a land agent" [syn: real estate broker] |
| 2. | a person who administers a landed estate |