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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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5 words match “AGRARIAN”

AGRARIAN a. 4 definitions
ands, or their tenure; esp., relating to am 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.
AGRARIANISM n.
An equal or equitable division of landed property; the principles or acts of those who favor a redistribution of land.
AGRARIANIZE v.
To distribute according to, or to imbue with, the principles of agrarianism.
MOONLIGHTER n.
In Ireland, one of a band that engaged in agrarian outrages by night.
RAIFFEISEN a.
Designating, or pertaining to, a form of coöperative bank founded among the German agrarian population by Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818-88); as, Raiffeisen banks, the Raiffeisen system, etc. The banks are unlimited-liability institutions making small loans at a low rate of interest, for a designated purpose, to wo…