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agrar·i·an \\ə-ˈgrer-ē-ən\\ adjective ETYMOLOGY Latin agrarius, from agr-, ager field — more at acre
DATE 1600
1. of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure2. a. of, relating to, or characteristic of farmers or their way of life agrarian values b. organized or designed to promote agricultural interests an agrarian political party agrarian reformsnoun DATE 1818
: a member of an agrarian party or movement
agrarian 1610s, "relating to the land," from M.Fr
http://M.Fr . loy agrarienne "agrarian law," from L. Lex agraria, the Roman law for the division of conquered lands, from agrarius "of the land," from ager ( gen. agri) "a field," from PIE *agros ( cf. Gk. agros "field," Goth. akrs, O.E. æcer "field;" see acre). Meaning "having to do with cultivated land" first recorded 1792.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 agrarian
agrar·ian / E5^reEriEn; NAmE E5^rer- / adjective[usually before noun]
(technical 术语) connected with farming and the use of land for farming
农业的；土地的；耕地的
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged agrar·i·anI. \əˈgrerēən, -ra(a)r-, -rār-\ adjectiveEtymology: Latin agrarius (from agr-, ager field + -arius -ary) + English -an — more at acre 1. : of or relating to the land or landed property < a policy of agrarian redistribution was sketched out — G.A.Craig >2. a. : of, by, or characteristic of the farmer or his way of life < the application of agrarian virtues to … industrial economy — Lloyd Morris > b. : organized or designed to promote agricultural interests < an agrarian party drawing its original impulse from the grain growers and dairymen — H.R.Penniman >3. : growing wild in fields : campestral • agrarianly adverbII. noun( -s) Usage: often capitalized : one who favors agrarianism; especially : a member of an agrarian party or movement
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