agrarian
     adj : relating to rural matters; "an agrarian (or agricultural)
           society"; "farming communities" [syn: agricultural, farming]

Agrarian \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.

Agrarian \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.