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Grammar : Adj
Spell : uh-grair-ee-uh n
Phonetic Transcription : əˈgrɛər i ən


Définition of agrarian

Origin :
  • 1610s, "relating to the land," from Middle French loy agrarienne "agrarian law," from Latin Lex agraria, the Roman law for the division of conquered lands, from agrarius "of the land," from ager (genitive agri) "a field," from PIE *agro- (cf. Greek agros "field," Gothic akrs, Old English æcer "field;" see acre). Meaning "having to do with cultivated land" first recorded 1792.
  • adj concerning land, farming
Example sentences :
  • Posnania was menaced by an agrarian strike, but a settlement has been reached.
  • Extract from : « The Paper Moneys of Europe » by Francis W. Hirst
  • The movement is politically nearly as strong in the agrarian districts as elsewhere.
  • Extract from : « Socialism » by John Spargo
  • He was an Agrarian, who wanted every man desirous to own a farm to have one.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 » by Various
  • The Agrarian question was regarded generally as one of the most urgent.
  • Extract from : « The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 » by Henry Baerlein
  • The Czechs believe that Agrarian Reform should be the work of a generation.
  • Extract from : « The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 » by Henry Baerlein
  • But I trust your Christian principles are not about to make an agrarian of you?
  • Extract from : « Aurelian » by William Ware
  • As the agrarian answers to the foundation, so does rotation to the superstructures.
  • Extract from : « The Commonwealth of Oceana » by James Harrington
  • Who knows how far the arms of our agrarian may extend themselves?
  • Extract from : « The Commonwealth of Oceana » by James Harrington
  • They paid no attention to social movements or to agrarian conflicts.
  • Extract from : « Lord Randolph Churchill » by Winston Spencer Churchill
  • Of these conditions the most important are the agrarian changes.
  • Extract from : « The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century » by Richard Henry Tawney

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