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Definition of Agrarian
1. Adjective. Relating to rural matters. "Farming communities"
Definition of Agrarian
1. a. 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.
2. n. One in favor of an equal division of landed property.
Definition of Agrarian
1. Adjective. Of, or relating to, the ownership, tenure and cultivation of land ¹
2. Adjective. Agricultural or rural. ¹
3. Noun. A person who advocates the political interests of working farmers ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Agrarian
1. one who favors equal distribution of land [n -S]
Medical Definition of Agrarian
1.
1. One in favor of an equal division of landed property.
2. An agrarian law. "An equal agrarian is perpetual law." (Harrington)
1. Pertaining to fields, or lands, or their tenure; especially, relating to am 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)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Agrarian
Literary usage of Agrarian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Economic Development of Modern Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg (1917)
"CHAPTER II , agrarian FOUNDATIONS . . The Mediaeval Manor. The history of agrarian
organisation in western Europe since the opening of the Christian era ..."
2. Roman Antiquities: Or an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Romans ...by Alexander Adam, James Boyd, Lorenzo L. Da Ponte by Alexander Adam, James Boyd, Lorenzo L. Da Ponte (1842)
"An agrarian law contained various provisions ; it described the land which was
to be divided, and the classes of people among whom, and their numbers, ..."
3. German Social Democracy: Six Lectures by Bertrand Russell (1896)
"The agrarian Difficulty. The discussion of the agrarian question at the two
successive Party Congresses of 1894 and 1895 affords an admirable illustration ..."
4. A History of Rome from the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire by Henry George Liddell (1855)
"Great mistakes formerly prevailed on the nature of the Roman laws familiarly
termed agrarian. It was supposed that by these laws all land was declared ..."
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