adj
agrarian
uh-GREH-ree-uhn
adj
1
Relating to farming, farmland, or rural life.
"The country's economy was largely agrarian before industrialization."
"Agrarian reform gave land to thousands of small farmers."
How to Use Agrarian
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo do with farming, farmland, or the countryside.
Common pairings
agrarian society
agrarian reform
agrarian economy
Word Forms
more agrarian comparative, agrarians plural, most agrarian superlative
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Etymology
From Latin agrarius, "of the land," from ager, "field."