grange

¹

[ greynj ]

noun

1. Chiefly British. a country house or large farmhouse with its various farm buildings (usually in house names): the grange of a gentleman-farmer.

   Bulkeley Grange;

   the grange of a gentleman-farmer.

2. (in historical use) an isolated farm, with its farmhouse and nearby buildings, belonging to monks or nuns or to a feudal lord:

   the nunnery's grange at Tisbury.

3. the Grange, Granger Movement
4. Archaic. a barn or granary.

Grange

²

[ greynj ]

noun

1. Harold Redthe Galloping Ghost, 1903–1991, U.S. football player.

Grange

¹

/ ɡreɪndʒ /

noun

1. the Grange
   an association of farmers that strongly influenced state legislatures in the late 19th century
2. a lodge of this association

grange

²

/ ɡreɪndʒ /

noun

1. a farm, esp a farmhouse or country house with its various outbuildings
2. history an outlying farmhouse in which a religious establishment or feudal lord stored crops and tithes in kind
3. archaic.
   a granary or barn

Word History and Origins

Origin of grange¹

1150–1200; Middle English gra(u)nge “barn,” from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin grānica (unattested), equivalent to Latin grān(i)um grain + -ica, feminine of -icus -ic

Word History and Origins

Origin of grange¹

C13: from Anglo-French graunge, from Medieval Latin grānica, from Latin grānum grain

Example Sentences

Clark’s mother, Sally, who also worked for a local mill, is an artist and musician and the two played together in a group called Sagebrush and Satin, gigging around local fairs and grange halls.

From Seattle Times

Carlson’s studio, which is decorated like a cozy cabin in the woods, sits behind a peeling and deserted old grange hall.

From Seattle Times

Before Nashville beckoned, a 19-year-old Clark played in a family band with her mother called Sagebrush and Satin, gigging around local fairs, festivals and grange halls.

From Seattle Times

Washington state granges have a strong history of nonpartisan legislative involvement.

From Seattle Times

Before mini-mansions stood along River Road, there were farms, a country store, a grange hall.

From Washington Post