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Agrarian
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. One in favor of an equal division of landed property.
2. An agrarian law. [R.] An equal agrarian is perpetual law. Harrington.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
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. Wild; -- said of plants growing in the fields.