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Webster 1913 Edition

Agrarian

A-gra′ri-an

,
Adj.
[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
.
His Grace’s landed possessions are irresistibly inviting to an
agrarian
experiment.
Burke.
2.
(Bot.)
Wild; – said of plants growing in the fields.

A-gra′ri-an

,
Noun.
1.
One in favor of an equal division of landed property.
2.
An agrarian law.
[R.]
An equal
agrarian
is perpetual law.
Harrington.

Webster 1828 Edition

Agrarian

AGRA'RIAN

,
Adj.
[L. agrarius, from ager, a field.]
Relating to lands. appropriately, 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. Authors sometimes use the word as a noun; an agrarian, for agrarian law.
An agrarian distribution of land or property, would make the rich, poor, but would not make the poor, rich.

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