AGRARIAN

AGRA'RIAN, adjective [Latin agrarius, from ager, a field.]Relating to lands. appropriately, denoting or pertaining to an equal division of lands; as, the agrarian laws of Rome, which distributed the conquered and other public lands equally among all the citizens, limiting the quantity which each might enjoy. Authors sometimes use the word as a noun; an agrarian for agrarian law.An agrarian distribution of land or property, would make the rich, poor, but would not make the poor, rich.

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agrarian. Agrarian, a. relating to an equal division of lands

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A‐gra″ri‐an (�), a. [[L. agrarius, fr. ager field.]] 1. 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. 2. (Bot.) Wild; — said of plants growing in the fields.