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Agrarian

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a⋅grar⋅i⋅an

  [uh-grair-ee-uhn]
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–adjective
1. relating to land, land tenure, or the division of landed property: agrarian laws.
2. pertaining to the advancement of agricultural groups: an agrarian movement.
3. composed of or pertaining to farmers: an agrarian co-op.
4. rural; agricultural.
5. growing in fields; wild: an agrarian plant.
–noun
6. a person who favors the equal division of landed property and the advancement of agricultural groups.
Origin:
1610–20; < L agrāri(us) (agr- s. of ager field, acre + -ārius -ary ) + -an; cf. agrestal

Related forms:
a⋅grar⋅i⋅an⋅ly, adverb
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a·grar·i·an   (ə-grâr'ē-ən)   
adj.  

  1. Relating to or concerning the land and its ownership, cultivation, and tenure.

    1. Relating to agricultural or rural matters.

    2. Intended to further agricultural interests: agrarian lobbyists.

n.  A person who favors equitable distribution of land.

[From Latin agrārius, from ager, agr-, field; see agro- in Indo-European roots.]
a·grar'i·an·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

agrarian 
1618, "relating to the land," from M.Fr. loy agrarienne "agrarian law," from L. Lex agraria, the Roman law for the division of conquered lands, from agrarius "of the land," from ager (gen. agri) "a field," from PIE *agros (cf. Gk. agros "field," Goth. akrs, O.E. æcer "field;" see acre). Meaning "having to do with cultivated land" first recorded 1792.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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