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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And it helps that Columbus’s four major hospital systems cooperate on talent development, said Rich Granger, director of workforce and workplace innovation at the Columbus Chamber of Commerce.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
There was a similar outcry in 2016 when Noma Dumezweni was cast to play Hermione Granger in the original London production of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
McLaughlin will star as the titular wizard opposite Stanton as Hermione Granger and Stout as Ron Weasley.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
Donna Granger, Good’s mother, told the Minnesota Star Tribune that the family was contacted about her death on Wednesday morning.
From Salon • Jan. 8, 2026
“One of the cannon-balls knocked off the top of a butcher’s house,” the boy, Isaac Granger, recalled many years later.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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