land agent

land agent
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. Brit. the steward of an estate.
[1820-30, Amer.]

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