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agrarian

a·grar·i·an [ ə grérree ən ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. pro-farmer: promoting the interests of farmers, especially by seeking a more equitable basis of land ownership
an agrarian political party

2. of rural life: dominated by or relating to farming or rural life

3. of land: relating to land, especially its ownership and cultivation



noun  (plural a·grar·i·ans)
Definition:
 
land reformer: somebody, often a member of an agrarian political movement, who believes in the fair distribution of land, especially the redistribution of large amounts of land owned by the rich

[Early 17th century. < Latin agrarius< agr- "field, land"]

a·grar·i·an·ism noun
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