land agent

noun

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.
a government official in charge of the management of public lands.
British. the steward of an estate.

land agent

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30

The Earl refused to comment to the Daily Beast despite several requests for interview through his land agent.

He naturally looked at the problem from the point of view of an intelligent land-agent.

THE young land agent had several rivals, and they did all possible to bring his schemes of selling town lots to naught.

One of the points was, as already mentioned, that a dean and rector could not be legally a land agent at the same time.

The land-agent is the commanding officer, his office is a garrison, dominating the surrounding district.

Having thus glided over this false start, the land agent promptly opened another consideration.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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