Hypertext Webster Gateway: "agrarian"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Agrarian \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Agrarian \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
agrarian
adj : "an agrarian (or agricultural) society"; "farming
communities" [syn: {agricultural}, {farming(a)}]
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