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noun
any program, especially when undertaken by a national government, involving the redistribution of agricultural land among the landless.
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Origin of land reform
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
Words nearby land reform
land-poor, land power, landrace, land rail, land rain, land reform, Landrost, Landrum-Griffin Act, Landry, lands, land sailing
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British Dictionary definitions for land reform
land reform
noun
the redistributing of large agricultural holdings among the landless
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