A*gra"ri*an (#), a. [L. agrarius, fr. ager field.]
1.
Pertaining to fields, or lands, or their tenure; esp., relating to an 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. Bot.
Wild; -- said of plants growing in the fields.
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A*gra"ri*an, n.
1.
One in favor of an equal division of landed property.
2.
An agrarian law.
[R.]
An equal agrarian is perpetual law.
Harrington.
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