grangier
Old French
Alternative forms
- granger (Anglo-Norman)
- grangur (Anglo-Norman)
Etymology
grange + -ier; cf. Medieval Latin granicarium.
Noun
grangier m (oblique plural grangiers, nominative singular grangiers, nominative plural grangier)
- granger; one who maintains a grange (a small farm)
Descendants
- English: granger (borrowed)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (grangier)
- granger on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub