granger
Americannoun
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Northwestern U.S. a farmer.
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(initial capital letter) a member of the Granger Movement.
Etymology
Origin of granger
1125–75; Middle English gra ( u ) nger farm-bailiff < Anglo-French; Old French grangier. See grange, -er 2
Explanation
A granger is a farmer. If you want to be a granger one day, you might get a job on a dairy farm or go to agricultural school. While the twelfth century word granger isn't used much these days, it was a common way to refer to a farmer in the late 1800s United States. The noun granger comes from the Old French grange, "barn or farm house," ultimately from the Latin granum, "grain." The word grange came to mean a U.S. farmers' association which worked for the rights of small farmers and built Grange Halls across the country for grangers' meetings and gatherings.
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Example Sentences
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This super new supergroup is anchored by Giants in the Trees members Jillian Welch and Krist Novoselić, Washington’s most famous aviating granger.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2022
Previous to this time, the St. Paul had been a prosperous "granger" road in the Middle West.
From Time Magazine Archive
The spring wheat crop in a dozen granger States was almost ready to harvest.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I'll have to feel over you and see—I never saw a granger in my life that didn't tote a twenty-two," the Texan declared, stepping up to Morgan to put his declaration into effect.
From Trail's End by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)
They put up at the squalid hut of a frontier granger overnight, but Roosevelt, weary as he was, did not dare to sleep.
From Roosevelt in the Bad Lands by Hagedorn, Hermann
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