designating a state university established with such a grant
land grant in American English
US
an appropriation of public land by the government for a railroad, state college, etc.
land-grant in American English
(ˈlændˌgrænt)
US
adjective
designating any of a number of colleges and universities originally given federal aid, esp. by land grants, on condition that they offer instruction in agriculture and the mechanical arts: they are now supported by the individual states with supplementary federal funds
Examples of 'land grant' in a sentence
land grant
The princes maintained few paid officials rewarding their administrators with land grants instead.
Stearns, Peter N. World History: Patterns of Change and Continuity (1995)