land reform
noun
any program, especially when undertaken by a national government, involving the redistribution of agricultural land among the landless.
Origin of land reform
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
Words nearby land reform
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land snail,
land tax,
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land wind
Example sentences from the Web for land reform
Land-reform in its earliest stages, like trade unionism in England, was accompanied by disorder.
Ireland and Poland |Thomas William RollestonA land-reform program limited land ownership, reduced rents, and redistributed formerly Japanese-owned land.
A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.] |Wolfram Eberhard
British Dictionary definitions for land reform
land reform
noun
the redistributing of large agricultural holdings among the landless