Meanings
nounGrangerite (plural Grangerites)
plural Grangerites
- datedA collector of illustrations from various books to include in a scrapbook.
In most cases the Grangerite soon loses his self-control, and develops an acute mania for embellishing his volume with all and every print upon which he can lay his hands, apposite in the slightest degree to the subject of the book.
1922, P. B. M. Allan, The Book-Hunter at Home, 2nd edition, London: Philip Allan & Co., page 122
Origin
From Granger + -ite; see grangerize.
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