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- noun Plural form of
agrarian .
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Examples
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There are those of them called "agrarians," who contend that there should be a law passed to prohibit individuals holding beyond a certain quantity of ground; and that at given intervals of time there should be an equal division of property throughout the land.
A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America
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"Right now, we are focusing on things that can be easily solved," said Lindsey Lusher Shute, head of the National Young Farmers Coalition and the lead author of a recent report detailing the challenges facing the next generation of agrarians in the U.S.
Turnstyle: In Occupy Wall Street, Some Small Farmers Find a Natural Ally Turnstyle 2011
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"Right now, we are focusing on things that can be easily solved," said Lindsey Lusher Shute, head of the National Young Farmers Coalition and the lead author of a recent report detailing the challenges facing the next generation of agrarians in the U.S.
Turnstyle: In Occupy Wall Street, Some Small Farmers Find a Natural Ally Turnstyle 2011
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These are the kinds of thoughts that have occupied the majority of the human race—the agrarians—for most of the history of the world.
The Dirty Life Kristin Kimball 2010
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When we, and much of the world, were agrarians, we took better care of our natural surroundings.
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To be Christian is to dispense with reason and analysis, and to be motivated primarily by the superstitious fears and hatreds of long-dead primitive agrarians. —
Early Word: Articles of Faith - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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He must have in mind the quaint notion that Old Dominion agrarians still work their 40 acres with a mule.
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And yet, even within the "sustainable agriculture" movement, or the "good food" movement, whatever you want to call it, there is a lack of attention paid to these female agrarians.
Leslie Hatfield: A More Feminine Food System: Farmer Jane (a Book Review) 2010
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And yet, even within the "sustainable agriculture" movement, or the "good food" movement, whatever you want to call it, there is a lack of attention paid to these female agrarians.
Leslie Hatfield: A More Feminine Food System: Farmer Jane (a Book Review) 2010
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So Patrick generously agreed to share the spotlight with a few enterprising young agrarians that Severine enlisted in her campaign to swell the ranks of treehugging trendsetters.
Kerry Trueman: Farmers + Fashionistas = Sex and the Country? 2009
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