agrarian

a·grar·i·an

A0147800 (ə-grâr′ē-ən)adj.1. Relating to the cultivation of land; agricultural: an agrarian economy.2. Relating to or concerning the land and its ownership, cultivation, and tenure: agrarian reform.n. A person who favors equitable distribution of land.

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[From Latin agrārius, relating to the land, from ager, agr-, field; see agro- in Indo-European roots.]

agrarian

(əˈɡrɛərɪən) adj1. (Agriculture) of or relating to land or its cultivation or to systems of dividing landed property2. (Agriculture) of or relating to rural or agricultural mattersn (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a person who favours the redistribution of landed property[C16: from Latin agrārius, from ager field, land] aˈgrarianism n

a•grar•i•an

(əˈgrɛər i ən)

adj. 1. relating to land, land tenure, or the division of landed property. 2. pertaining to the promotion of agricultural interests: an agrarian movement. 3. composed of or pertaining to farmers: an agrarian co-op. 4. rural; agricultural. n. 5. a person who favors the equal division of landed property and the promotion of agricultural interests. [1610–20; < Latin agrāri(us) (agr- s. of ager field, acre + -ārius -ary) + -an¹] a•grar′i•an•ism, n.

agrarian

Being or belonging to a society based on cultivating crops.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

agrarian - relating to rural matters; "an agrarian (or agricultural) society"; "farming communities"farming, agriculturalrural - living in or characteristic of farming or country life; "rural people"; "large rural households"; "unpaved rural roads"; "an economy that is basically rural"

agrarian

adjective agricultural, country, land, farming, rural, rustic, agrestic a highly developed agrarian economy
industrial, urban

Translations

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