Agrarian

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Agrarian \A*gra"ri*an\, a. [L. agrarius, fr. ager field.]
     1. 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.
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              His Grace's landed possessions are irresistibly
              inviting to an agrarian experiment.   --Burke.
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     2. (Bot.) Wild; -- said of plants growing in the fields.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Agrarian \A*gra"ri*an\, n.
     1. One in favor of an equal division of landed property.
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     2. An agrarian law. [R.]
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              An equal agrarian is perpetual law.   --Harrington.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  agrarian
       adj : relating to rural matters; "an agrarian (or agricultural)
             society"; "farming communities" [syn: {agricultural}, {farming(a)}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "agrarian":
     Arcadian, agrestic, agricultural, agronomic, arable, bucolic,
     country, farm, farming, geoponic, lowland, native, natural,
     pastoral, provincial, rural, rustic, uncultivated, undomesticated,
     upland