agrarian

American  

[uh-grair-ee-uhn] / əˈgrɛər i ən /

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.

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noun

1. a person who favors the equal division of landed property and the advancement of agricultural groups.

agrarian British  

/ əˈɡrɛərɪən /

adjective

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

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noun

1. a person who favours the redistribution of landed property

Other Word Forms

• agrarianism noun
• agrarianly adverb
• nonagrarian adjective
• proagrarian adjective
• superagrarian adjective
• unagrarian adjective

Etymology

Origin of agrarian

1610–20; < Latin agrāri ( us ) ( agr- stem of ager field, acre + -ārius -ary ) + -an; agrestal

Example Sentences

“Sound of Falling” presents Alma’s and Erika’s agrarian segments as dusty museum pieces, with even the 1980s and 21st century portions coming across as hazy snapshots.

From Los Angeles Times

This framework also helps explain why agrarian societies, which normally benefit from living spread out, sometimes gathered in cities despite the financial and social costs.

From Science Daily

Sparta was an agrarian oligarchy whose muscle was its hoplite horde.

From The Wall Street Journal

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.

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• agricultural
• rural