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Today, an acre is generally considered to be a unit of land measuring 43,560 square feet (4,047 square meters). Before that standard was set, it's believed that an acre represented a rougher measurement: the amount of land that could be plowed in one day with a yoke of oxen. Both acre and agrarian come from the Latin noun ager and the Greek noun agrós, meaning "piece of land; field." (You can probably guess that agriculture is another descendant.) Agrarian, first used in English in the 16th century, describes things pertaining to the cultivation of fields, as well as to the farmers who cultivate them.
Examples of agrarian in a Sentence
Dan Walters, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
McNally’s enthusiastic endorsement of Altadena and its agrarian and esthetic charms led wealthy families from the Midwest and East to [build] their winter homes in Altadena.
—Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026
Rachel Barber, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
That tariff was supported by Northern industrialists to protect domestic industry and opposed by Southern agrarians.
—Adam M. Silver, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2025
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“Agrarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agrarian. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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