proagrarian
i 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.
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agrarian (əˈɡrɛərɪən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of or relating to land or its cultivation or to systems of dividing landed property |
| 2. | of or relating to rural or agricultural matters |
| —n | |
| 3. | a person who favours the redistribution of landed property |
| [C16: from Latin agrārius, from ager field, land] | |
| a'grarianism | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
agrarian
1610s, "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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