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agrarian
[uh-grair-ee-uhn]
adjective
relating to land, land tenure, or the division of landed property.
agrarian laws.
pertaining to the advancement of agricultural groups.
an agrarian movement.
composed of or pertaining to farmers.
an agrarian co-op.
rural; agricultural.
growing in fields; wild.
an agrarian plant.
noun
a person who favors the equal division of landed property and the advancement of agricultural groups.
agrarian
/ əˈɡrɛərɪən /
adjective
of or relating to land or its cultivation or to systems of dividing landed property
of or relating to rural or agricultural matters
noun
a person who favours the redistribution of landed property
Other Word Forms
- agrarianly adverb
- nonagrarian adjective
- proagrarian adjective
- superagrarian adjective
- unagrarian adjective
- agrarianism noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of agrarian1
Example Sentences
Sparta was an agrarian oligarchy whose muscle was its hoplite horde.
Famed for its farming, cheeses and wine, this hilly, rural countryside feels cut off from modernity: an agrarian past perfectly preserved in an uncertain present.
They not only chronicled how the workplace changed as the U.S. evolved from an agrarian to industrial to digital economy, but also had a hand in shaping those changes.
The books depict events from the Civil War to the present, moving among an assortment of characters from the agrarian region’s closely intertwined families.
In the nation’s earliest years, a largely agrarian society where things moved at the speed of a horse at best, each city conducted its own financial business, such as it was.
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