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a·grar·i·an

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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 Audio Help (ə-grâr'ē-ən) Pronunciation Key
adj.

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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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.

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agrarian
adjective
relating to rural matters; "an agrarian (or agricultural) society"; "farming communities"

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Agrarian

A*gra"ri*an\, a. [L. agrarius, fr. ager field.]

1. Pertaining to fields, or lands, or their tenure; esp., relating to an equal or equitable division of lands; as, the agrarian laws of Rome, which distributed the conquered and other public lands among citizens.

His Grace's landed possessions are irresistibly inviting to an agrarian experiment. --Burke.

2. (Bot.) Wild; -- said of plants growing in the fields.

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Agrarian

A*gra"ri*an\, n. 1. One in favor of an equal division of landed property.

2. An agrarian law. [R.]

An equal agrarian is perpetual law. --Harrington.

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