agrariana‧grar‧i‧an /əˈɡreəriən $ əˈɡrer-/ adjective [usually before noun] 
Word Origin
an agrarian economy (=based on farming)
Word OriginWORD ORIGINagrarian
ExamplesOrigin:
1600-1700 Latin agrarius, from ager ‘field’EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
word sets- A rapid acceleration took place in the implementation of the agrarian reform.
- By the 1870s sufficient of world agriculture was in the second position to make agrarian depression both world-wide and politically explosive.
- During the suppression of the agrarian unrest of 1830 he attempted, unsuccessfully, to improve the wages of labourers around Dorchester.
- In the more traditional agrarian societies these mobile constructors formed an important bridge between rural and industrial life.
- The simple proposition behind all agrarian reform was that surplus land should be distributed to surplus labour.
- To me these faces have the appearance of contentment, agrarian in origin.
- Yet if one compares these two essentially agrarian communities in temporal terms, the situation is reversed.
WORD SETS► Agriculture
Collocationsagrarian, adjectiveagribusiness, nounagro-, prefixagro-industry, nounanimal husbandry, nounanimal rights, nounartificial insemination, nounbale, nounbale, verbbarn, nounbarnyard, nounbattery, nounbiotechnology, nounbreadbasket, nounbreed, verbbreeding, nounbroiler, nounbroiler chicken, nounBSE, nounbuckaroo, nounbull, nounbutcher, verbbyre, nouncapon, nouncattleman, nouncattle market, nouncattle prod, nounchaff, nounchicken, nounchicken run, nouncollective farm, nouncoop, nounco-op, nouncorral, nouncorral, verbcowboy, nouncowgirl, nouncowhand, nouncowpoke, nouncreamery, nouncroft, nouncrofter, nouncrofting, nouncultivate, verbcultivation, noundairy, noundairy cattle, noundairy farm, noundairymaid, noundairyman, nounDDT, noundip, verbdip, noundirt farmer, noundrover, noundry-stone wall, noundude ranch, nounDutch barn, nounextensive agriculture, factory farming, nounfallow, adjectivefarm, nounfarm, verbfarmer, nounfarmhand, nounfarmhouse, nounfarming, nounfarmland, nounfarmstead, nounfarmyard, nounfeedstock, nounfield, nounfishery, nounfish farm, nounfish meal, nounflail, verbflail, nounfleece, nounfodder, nounfold, nounfoot and mouth disease, nounforage, nounfowl, nounfree-range, adjectivefungicide, noungamekeeper, noungeld, verbgenetically modified, adjectivegentleman farmer, nounGM, adjectivegoatherd, noungraft, noungraft, verbgranary, noungreenhouse, noungreen revolution, nounGreen Revolution, nounhacienda, nounharrow, nounhatchery, nounhayloft, nounhaymaking, nounhaystack, nounheifer, nounhen house, nounherbicide, nounherd, nounherd, verbherdsman, nounhigh-yield, adjectivehired hand, nounhomestead, nounhomestead, verbhopper, nounhorticulture, nounhusbandry, nounhutch, nouninsecticide, nounintensive agriculture, irrigate, verbJersey, nounkibbutz, nounlamb, verbland agent, nounlasso, nounlasso, verblift, verblitter, nounlivestock, nounlonghorn, nounmad cow disease, nounmanure, nounmeat, nounmerino, nounmilk, nounmilk churn, nounmilking machine, nounmilking parlour, nounmilkmaid, nounmixed farming, nounmower, nounmuck, nounmuckheap, nounnursery, nounoast house, nounorangery, nounorchard, nounorganic, adjectiveorganic farming, paddock, nounpaddy, nounpasturage, nounpasture, nounpasture, verbpastureland, nounpen, nounperpendicular, adjectivepest, nounpesticide, nounpiggery, nounpigpen, nounpigsty, nounpigswill, nounpitchfork, nounplantation, nounplanter, nounplough, nounplough, verbploughboy, nounploughman, nounploughshare, nounpoultry, nounproducer, nounpullet, nounPYO, raise, verbranch, nounrancher, nounranching, nounrange, nounranger, nounrear, verbrick, nounrubber, nounrun, nounrustle, verbscarecrow, nounscythe, nounsharecropper, nounshare-cropper, nounshear, verbshearer, nounsheep-dip, nounsheepdog, nounsheep-pen, nounshepherd, nounshepherdess, nounsickle, nounsilage, nounsilo, nounslaughter, verbslaughterhouse, nounsmallholding, nounsow, verbsow, nounsprayer, nounstable, nounstable, verbstable boy, nounstall, nounstation, nounsteer, nounstock, nounstockbreeder, nounstockman, nounstockyard, nounstubble, nounsty, nounswill, nounswine, nounswineherd, nountenant farmer, nounterrace, nounthresh, verbthreshing machine, nountractor, nountrough, nountruck farm, nountrue, adverbudder, nounvillein, nounvineyard, nounweedkiller, nounweevil, nounwheat, nounwheatgerm, nounwheatmeal, nounwinnow, verbwool, nounwrangler, nounyoke, nounyoke, verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► economy
relating to farming or farmers: · Of course, in a predominantly agrarian economy land constituted by far the most important capital asset.· It would nevertheless be a mistake to regard the agrarian economy of Savoy as completely static and unmoving.· A stable and balanced agrarian economy had degenerated into precarious monocultures and backwater towns.
► reform· Other studies have showed that profiting from agrarian reform can be combined with a more radical political commitment.· Those changes were further propelled by agrarian reform laws in the 1960s and 1970s.· A rapid acceleration took place in the implementation of the agrarian reform.· The difficulty with many agrarian reform programmes has been achieving both social justice and economic growth.· But the rebels introduced an equitable tax system and an agrarian reform program, distributing land to poor villagers.· The simple proposition behind all agrarian reform was that surplus land should be distributed to surplus labour.· It is in their attitude to agrarian reform that the premisses of liberalism emerge most clearly.
► society· In the more traditional agrarian societies these mobile constructors formed an important bridge between rural and industrial life.· Navarre was a conservative, stable agrarian society in which Catholic Credit societies flourished in the late nineteenth century.· The old values which had underpinned Britain when it was an agrarian society were threatened by a new urban poor.· Once a feudal, agrarian society, the island has recently been urbanised, industrialised and Americanised.
an agrarian economy (=based on farming)