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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Agrarian

A-grā'ri-an, a.

adjective

(89), a. [Lat. agrarius, from ager, field; Fr. agraire.] 1. Denoting or pertaining to an equal division of lands; as, the agrarian laws of Rome, which distributed the conquered and other public lands equally among all the citizens, limiting the quantity which each might enjoy. His Grace's landed possessions are irresistibly inviting to an agrarian experiment. Burke. 2. Pertaining to agrarianism.

A-grā′ri-an, n.

noun

n. 1. One in favor of an equal division of property among the inhabitants of a country. 2. An agrarian law. “An equal agrarian is a perpetual law.” Harrington.