Grainger

American

[greyn-jer] / ˈgreɪn dʒər /

noun

Percy Aldridge 1882–1961, Australian pianist and composer, in the U.S. after 1915.

Grainger British

/ ˈɡreɪndʒə /

noun

Percy Aldridge. 1882–1961, Australian pianist, composer, and collector of folk music on which many of his works are based

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Other female English coaches at international level include Gemma Grainger at Norway, Casey Stoney at Canada and Carla Ward at the Republic of Ireland.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Engineers at Illinois Grainger Engineering have now shown that they are connected by the same underlying mathematics.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

Grainger typically trade for closer to 30 times and 25 times, respectively.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

Researchers at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at The Grainger College of Engineering have identified the first physical mechanism explaining how magnetic fields slow the movement of carbon atoms through iron.

From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2026

Just as an Englishman who might have been a soldier or a solicitor is a country gentleman because his father has left him landed estates, so Stacy Grainger had become a financier.

From The High Heart by King, Basil

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