granger

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/ˈɡɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/

noun

A member of the Grange, National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, an association representing farmers.

Less commonFirst used late 1860s or 1870sScrabble 9

Meanings

granger1

noungranger (plural grangers)

plural grangers

  1. USA member of the Grange, National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, an association representing farmers.
  2. obsoleteA farm steward.

Granger2

proper nounGranger (countable and uncountable, plural Grangers)

plural Grangers · alternative Grainger

  1. countableuncountableAn English surname originating as an occupation for a granger (farm bailiff).
  2. A place in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableA city in Dallas County and Polk County, Iowa; named for railroad official C. T. Granger.
    2. countableuncountableA town in Allegany County, New York state; named for American politician and Postmaster General Francis Granger.
    3. countableuncountableA township and unincorporated community in Medina County, Ohio; named for American politician and Postmaster General Gideon Granger, son of Francis Granger.
    4. countableuncountableA city in Yakima County, Washington; named for Washington Irrigation Company superintendent Walter Granger.
    5. countableuncountableA town in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.

Granger3

nounGranger (plural Grangers)

plural Grangers

  1. USA member of the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry.First known use late 1860s or 1870s

    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
proper noun
  1. A locale in the United States; named for the organization.
    1. A city in Texas.

Granger4

proper noun
  1. A settlement in Grand'Anse department, Haiti.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna person who operates a farm

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

granger · noun

  1. Latingranum
  2. Vulgar Latin*granica
  3. Medieval Latingranicārium
  4. Old Frenchgrangier
  5. Anglo-Normangranger
  6. Middle Englishgraunger
  7. Englishgranger

From Middle English graunger, from Anglo-Norman granger, variant of Old French grangier, from grange, perhaps corresponding to Medieval Latin granicārium, from Vulgar Latin *granica, from Latin granum.

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Granger · proper noun

From granger, from grange.

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Granger · noun, proper noun

From Grange + -er, related to etymology 1.

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Granger · proper noun

Unknown.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

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MLA

“granger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/granger. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “granger,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/granger.

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