Granger

See also: granger

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɹeɪndʒə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -eɪndʒə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman grainger.

Proper noun

Granger

  1. An English occupational surname​ for someone who was a farm bailiff.
  2. A census-designated place in Clay and Harris Townships, St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA.
  3. A city in Iowa.
  4. A village in Missouri.
  5. A town in New York.
  6. A city in Texas.
  7. A city in Washington.
  8. A town in Wyoming.

Etymology 2

From Grange +‎ -er, related to etymology 1.

Noun

Granger (plural Grangers)

  1. (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.
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