granger

gran-ger · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (historical/archaic) A farmer, especially one who manages a grange or farm.

  2. 2.

    (US historical) A member of the Grange, a farmers' organization founded in 1867.

Forms

plural: grangers

Related words

See also: agriculture, farmer, grange
Synonyms: agriculturalist, farmer

Etymology

From Old French grangier ("farm bailiff"), from grange ("granary, barn"), from Medieval Latin granica, from Latin granum ("grain").