Granger
See also: granger
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -eɪndʒə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
From granger, from grange
Proper noun
Granger (countable and uncountable, plural Grangers)
- An English surname originating as an occupation for a granger (farm bailiff).
- A city in Washington, United States; named for Washington Irrigation Company superintendent Walter Granger.
- A city in Iowa, United States; named for railroad official C. T. Granger.
- A town in New York state, United States; named for American politician and Postmaster General Francis Granger.
- A town in Wyoming, United States.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Ohio, United States; named for American politician and Postmaster General Gideon Granger, son of Francis Granger.
Alternative forms
- Grainger (surname)
Etymology 2
From Grange + -er, related to etymology 1.
Proper noun
Granger
- (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.
- A locale in the United States; named for the organization.
- A census-designated place in Indiana.
- A city in Texas.
- A village in Missouri.
Proper noun
Granger
- A settlement in the Grand'Anse department, Haiti.