Agrarian Definition

ə-grârē-ən
adjective
Relating to the cultivation of land; agricultural.
An agrarian economy.
American Heritage
Relating to land or to the ownership or division of land.
Webster's New World
Relating to or concerning the land and its ownership, cultivation, and tenure.
Agrarian reform.
American Heritage
Of agriculture or farmers generally.
Webster's New World
Promoting land reform or the interests of farmers.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
A person who favors equitable distribution of land.
American Heritage
A person who advocates agrarian reform, esp. a more equitable division of land.
Webster's New World
A person who advocates the political interests of working farmers.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Agrarian

Noun

Singular:
agrarian
Plural:
agrarians

Origin of Agrarian

  • From Latin agrārius relating to the land from ager agr- field agro- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French agrarien, from Latin agrarius (“of the land”), from stem of ager (“field”) + -arius

    From Wiktionary

Agrarian Sentence Examples

  • I crossed the mighty Missouri River, leaving agrarian Nebraska in my rear view window.

  • The party headed by Ballance, Seddon and Ward held office without a break for more than seventeen years, a result mainly due to the general support given to its agrarian and labour policy by the smaller farmers and the working classes.

  • The agricultural interests were also represented directly in the Parliament by a strong Agrarian party.

  • Saturninus now brought forward an agrarian law, an extension of the African law already alluded to.

  • This is the agrarian system, in contrast to the orguia system, which was the itinerary series (33).

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