Granger
See also: granger
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɹeɪndʒə(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -eɪndʒə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
From Anglo-Norman grainger.
Proper noun
Granger
- An English occupational surname for someone who was a farm bailiff.
- A census-designated place in Clay and Harris Townships, St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA.
- A city in Iowa.
- A village in Missouri.
- A town in New York.
- A city in Texas.
- A city in Washington.
- A town in Wyoming.
Noun
Granger (plural Grangers)
- (US) A member of the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry. [from late 1860s or 1870s]
- 1873, Stephe R. Smith, Grains for the Grangers, Discussing All Points Bearing Upon the Farmers' Movement for the Emancipation of White Slaves from the Slave-Power of Monopoly, Union Publishing Company, page 237.
- From the North, South, East, and West the Grangers came, on horseback and in every conceivable style of vehicle.
- 1873, Stephe R. Smith, Grains for the Grangers, Discussing All Points Bearing Upon the Farmers' Movement for the Emancipation of White Slaves from the Slave-Power of Monopoly, Union Publishing Company, page 237.
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