agrarian

[uh-grair-ee-uhn]

adjective

1. relating to land, land tenure, or the division of landed property.

   agrarian laws.

2. pertaining to the advancement of agricultural groups.

   an agrarian movement.

3. composed of or pertaining to farmers.

   an agrarian co-op.

4. rural; agricultural.

5. growing in fields; wild.

   an agrarian plant.

noun

1. a person who favors the equal division of landed property and the advancement of agricultural groups.

agrarian

/ əˈɡrɛərɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to land or its cultivation or to systems of dividing landed property

2. of or relating to rural or agricultural matters

noun

1. a person who favours the redistribution of landed property

Other Word Forms

• agrarianism noun
• agrarianly adverb
• nonagrarian adjective
• proagrarian adjective
• superagrarian adjective
• unagrarian adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of agrarian¹

1610–20; < Latin agrāri ( us ) ( agr- stem of ager field, acre + -ārius -ary ) + -an; agrestal

Word History and Origins

Origin of agrarian¹

C16: from Latin agrārius, from ager field, land

Example Sentences

The agrarian rebellion of the 1880s and 1890s was led by farmers at a time when literacy was far from universal and rural areas were incredibly isolated by today’s standards.

From Salon

The change South Korea has undergone is seismic: in a generation, it has gone from a war-torn agrarian society to a developed economy.

From BBC

Through these depictions, the show tries to tell the histories of the nomadic, tribal and agrarian communities for whom resilient survival was the leitmotif and cloth a way of narrating their marginalised experiences.

From BBC

As a primarily agrarian country, India is particularly vulnerable to climate change.

From BBC

By the mid-19th century, gleaning had faded into memory, a relic of premodern agrarian life overtaken by the relentless march of progress.

From Salon

Related Words

• agricultural www.thesaurus.com
• rural