Granger

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From granger, from grange.

Proper noun

Granger (countable and uncountable, plural Grangers)

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

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.
    • 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.

Proper noun

Granger

  1. A locale in the United States; named for the organization.
    1. A census-designated place in Indiana.
    2. A city in Texas.
    3. A village in Missouri.

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Proper noun

Granger

  1. A settlement in the Grand'Anse department, Haiti.
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