land-grant college

[ land-grant, -grahnt ]

noun

1. a U.S. college or university land-grantuniversity entitled to support from the federal government under the provisions of the Morrill Acts.

Word History and Origins

Origin of land-grant college¹

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Example Sentences

Arizona was founded as a land-grant college, like so many of the original Big Eight schools.

From Washington Times

Arizona was founded as a land-grant college, like so many of the original Big Eight schools.

From Seattle Times

You can also do a Web search for your state and the words “carpenter bees” and “extension,” to get advice vetted by your state’s land-grant college or university.

From Washington Post

There are many examples I could cite, having to do with the role of Eastern artists and engineers in the creation of the modern West; with the cultural and economic differences between mountain valleys and shortgrass prairies; with the uneasy relations between Ivy Leaguers and land-grant college graduates in humanities departments; with courtship and marriage and semiprofessional sports.

From New York Times

Instead of that dismal fate, his mother arranges for her son to attend a land-grant college in Kansas — and accompanies her son to school.

From Washington Post