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)

1. An English surname originating as an occupation for a granger (farm bailiff).
2. A place in the United States:
   1. A city in Dallas County and Polk County, Iowa; named for railroad official C. T. Granger.
   2. A town in Allegany County, New York state; named for American politician and Postmaster General Francis Granger.
   3. A township and unincorporated community in Medina County, Ohio; named for American politician and Postmaster General Gideon Granger, son of Francis Granger.
   4. A city in Yakima County, Washington; named for Washington Irrigation Company superintendent Walter Granger.
   5. A town in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.

Alternative forms

• Grainger (surname)

Etymology 2

From Grange +‎ -er, related to etymology 1.

Noun

Granger (plural Grangers)

1. (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.

Proper noun

Granger

1. A locale in the United States; named for the organization.
   1. A census-designated place in Indiana.
   2. A city in Texas.
   3. A village in Missouri.

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Proper noun

Granger

1. A settlement in the Grand'Anse department, Haiti.