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land grant Definition

☆ land grant

noun

an appropriation of public land by the government for a railroad, state college, etc.

land-grant Definition

☆ land·-grant (-grant′)

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

land-grant Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • university: New York's land-grant university is Cornell University, a private university.