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Meaning of AGRARIAN

Pronunciation:  u'grehreeun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  "an agrarian (or agricultural) society"; "farming communities"
 
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 Synonyms: agricultural, farming(a), rural
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \A*gra"ri*an\, a. [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 citizens.
             His Grace's landed possessions are irresistibly
             inviting to an agrarian experiment.   --Burke.
    2. (Bot.) Wild; -- said of plants growing in the fields.
    
  2. \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.
    
 
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 Related Terms: agrestic, agricultural, agronomic, arable, Arcadian, bucolic, country, farm, farming, geoponic, lowland, native, natural, pastoral, provincial, rural, rustic, uncultivated, undomesticated, upland
 

 

 

 

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