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Webster 1913 Edition
Agrarian
A-gra′ri-an
,Adj.
[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 citizensHis Grace’s landed possessions are irresistibly inviting to an
agrarian
experiment. Burke.
2.
(Bot.)
Wild; – said of plants growing in the fields.
A-gra′ri-an
,Noun.
1.
One in favor of an equal division of landed property.
2.
An agrarian law.
[R.]
An equal
agrarian
is perpetual law. Harrington.
Webster 1828 Edition
Agrarian
AGRA'RIAN
,Adj.
Relating to lands. appropriately, denoting or pertaining to an equal division of lands; as, the agrarian laws of Rome, which distributed the conquered and other public lands equally among all the citizens, limiting the quantity which each might enjoy. Authors sometimes use the word as a noun; an agrarian, for agrarian law.
An agrarian distribution of land or property, would make the rich, poor, but would not make the poor, rich.
Definition 2024
agrarian
agrarian
English
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
Translations
relating to the cultivation of land
Noun
agrarian (plural agrarians)
- A person who advocates the political interests of working farmers