granger
- noun
- /ˈɡreɪndʒər/
- US
- Your Majesty, I'd like to introduce you to Ben Granger and Jerry Jerome.
Examples
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You liked him well enough when you met him at the Grangers' in London.
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Just want to ask a few questions about the grangers, if you don't mind.
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Sponsored by Granger Farm Supply... ...the home of all your feed and farm supplies.
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We'll look for grangers to help rebuild the settlement.
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I'm Earl Granger.
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As a dedicated granger, she spends her mornings tending to the crops on her family farm.
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The local fair featured a contest to recognize the best granger in the region for sustainable farming practices.
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Every summer, the granger organizes a community event to share farming techniques with aspiring farmers.
Synonyms
A person who grows crops or raises animals on a farm
A person who owns or looks after a ranch that has cattle and sheep
A person who grows crops, often as a job
A person who works a very small farm often in Scotland or northern England
A small farmer who grows and gathers food plants
A farmer who breaks prairie land to grow crops
A person who grows or sells grain like wheat
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word granger comes from grange, an old word for a farm or barn where grain is kept, and 'grain' means the seeds people eat or sell. So a granger is a person who works on or cares for a farm, and in the United States the word came to name members of the National Grange farmers' group.