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.

Origin of land agent

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30

Words nearby land agent

lanciform, lancinate, lancinating, Lancs, land, land agent, landammann, land art, landau, Landau-Kleffner syndrome, landaulet

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Example sentences from the Web for land agent

Before we were clear of Alcester, Budd the land-agent came up.
Johnny Ludlow. First Series|Mrs. Henry Wood
The land-agent is the commanding officer, his office is a garrison, dominating the surrounding district.
The Land-War In Ireland (1870)|James Godkin
Now Mr Fothergill was the duke's land-agent, and he it was who had greeted Frank and his friends at their entrance.
Doctor Thorne|Anthony Trollope
He was a land-agent or something like that, and all very fine to your face, to promise and to pretend—just make-believe.
The Money Master, Complete|Gilbert Parker

Like Adam Bede, Mr. Evans from carpenter rose to be forester, and from forester to be land-agent.
George Eliot|Mathilde Blind

British Dictionary definitions for land agent

land agent

noun

a person who administers a landed estate and its tenancies

a person who acts as an agent for the sale of land

Derived forms of land agent

land agency, noun

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	land agent
释义	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. Origin of land agent An Americanism dating back to 1820–30 Words nearby land agent lanciform, lancinate, lancinating, Lancs, land, land agent, landammann, land art, landau, Landau-Kleffner syndrome, landaulet Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for land agent Before we were clear of Alcester, Budd the land-agent came up. Johnny Ludlow. First Series\|Mrs. Henry Wood The land-agent is the commanding officer, his office is a garrison, dominating the surrounding district. The Land-War In Ireland (1870)\|James Godkin Now Mr Fothergill was the duke's land-agent, and he it was who had greeted Frank and his friends at their entrance. Doctor Thorne\|Anthony Trollope He was a land-agent or something like that, and all very fine to your face, to promise and to pretend—just make-believe. The Money Master, Complete\|Gilbert Parker Like Adam Bede, Mr. Evans from carpenter rose to be forester, and from forester to be land-agent. George Eliot\|Mathilde Blind British Dictionary definitions for land agent land agent noun a person who administers a landed estate and its tenancies a person who acts as an agent for the sale of land Derived forms of land agent land agency, noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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