Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Among the ancient Romans, a public distribution of corn to the needy or discontented populace.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Rom. Antiq.) A largess of grain bestowed upon the people, to quiet them when uneasy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The distribution of
corn to the people (especially when agitating for social or political change)
Etymologies
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From Latin frūmentātiō
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