Thesaurus: agrarian

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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. a. Wild; -- said of plants growing in the fields.
3. n. One in favor of an equal division of landed property.
4. n. An agrarian law.
5. adj. relating to farming or agriculture
6. 1. Pertaining to fields, or lands, or their tenure; esp., 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. 2. (Bot.) Wild; -- said of plants growing in the fields. 1. One in favor of an equal division of landed property. 2. An agrarian law. [R.] An equal agrarian is perpetual law. Harrington.
7. j:100 s. relating to rural matters