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American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1
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Agrarian
AGRA’RIAN, a. [L. 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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Chicago:
Noah Webster Jr., "Agrarian," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed July 11, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DBJMIAKP9WUXXDJ.
MLA:
Webster, Noah, Jr. "Agrarian." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 11 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DBJMIAKP9WUXXDJ.
Harvard:
Webster, N, 'Agrarian' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 11 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DBJMIAKP9WUXXDJ.
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