Agrarian means relating to the ownership and use of land, especially farmland, or relating to the part of a society or economy that is concerned with agriculture.
...a rich area with a highly developed agrarian economy.
Synonyms: agricultural, country, land, farming More Synonyms of agrarian
agrarian in British English
(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
noun
3.
a person who favours the redistribution of landed property
Derived forms
agrarianism (aˈgrarianism)
noun
Word origin
C16: from Latin agrārius, from ager field, land
agrarian in American English
(əˈgrɛriən)
adjective
1.
relating to land or to the ownership or division of land
2.
of agriculture or farmers generally
3.
promoting land reform or the interests of farmers
noun
4.
a person who advocates agrarian reform, esp. a more equitable division of land
Derived forms
agrarianism (aˈgrarianˌism) (əˈgrɛriənˌɪzəm)
noun
Word origin
< L agrarius < ager, a field: see acre
Examples of 'agrarian' in a sentence
agrarian
The result is an intriguing study of a commercial and agrarian society.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
He was supported by the large landowners, which necessarily limited the scope of agrarian reforms.
Grenville, J. A. S. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century (1994)
Besides, all those members of the huge agrarian population have votes.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Who made up this new elite, this agrarian bourgeoisie?
Shubert, Adrian A Social History of Modern Spain (1991)
With agrarian reform in the air, the landowners did not feel disposed to invest in their land.
Paul Preston The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution and Revenge
He was also anxious to promote massive public works, irrigation and housing schemes and speed up agrarian reform.
Paul Preston The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution and Revenge
Here you have 12-year-olds trying to figure out whether they should go for an agrarian capitalist society or a monarchy.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The basis of the original American concept of economic liberty lies in a past agrarian and rather egalitarian structure of property ownership.
Low, Nicholas Politics, Planning and the State (1990)
In the agrarian life of the past, the time and energies of young people were much more tied up with their families.
Larson, Reed & Richards, Maryse H. Divergent Realities: the Emotional Lives of Mothers, Fathers, and Adolescents (1994)
Despite its commitment to sweeping agrarian and social reforms, the Socialist leadership was quite conservative in its attitudes.
Paul Preston DOVES OF WAR: Four Women of Spain (2002)
Merchants, of course, engaged in commercial activity and were a vital part of the agrarian urban economy.
Sanderson, Stephen K. Macrosociology: An Introduction to Human Societies (1995)
It has also reaped the benefits of a bountiful grain harvest, an important reminder that much of China is still an agrarian society.