AGRARIAN

agrarian, agricultural, farming

(adjective) relating to farming or agriculture; “an agrarian (or agricultural) society”; “farming communities”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

agrarian (comparative more agrarian, superlative most agrarian)

Of, or relating to, the ownership, tenure and cultivation of land.

Agricultural or rural.

(botany) wild; said of plants growing in a cultivated field.

Noun

agrarian (plural agrarians)

A person who advocates the political interests of working farmers

Source: Wiktionary


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

1. Pertaining to fields, or lands, or their tenure; esp., relating to am 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.)

Definition: Wild; -- said of plants growing in the fields.

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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