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granger

granger

8 8.6
A person who works on a farm, often a member of the National Grange
  • noun
  • /ˈɡreɪndʒər/
  • US
translation icon : granjero
  • Your Majesty, I'd like to introduce you to Ben Granger and Jerry Jerome.

Examples

  • You liked him well enough when you met him at the Grangers' in London.

  • Just want to ask a few questions about the grangers, if you don't mind.

  • Sponsored by Granger Farm Supply... ...the home of all your feed and farm supplies.

  • We'll look for grangers to help rebuild the settlement.

  • I'm Earl Granger.

  • As a dedicated granger, she spends her mornings tending to the crops on her family farm.

  • The local fair featured a contest to recognize the best granger in the region for sustainable farming practices.

  • Every summer, the granger organizes a community event to share farming techniques with aspiring farmers.

Synonyms

farmer
vsgranger
898 1.0

A person who grows crops or raises animals on a farm

is the same role but tied to a national farmers organization
rancher
vsgranger
  • US
88 2.7

A person who owns or looks after a ranch that has cattle and sheep

is agricultural too but emphasizes membership in a national farmers organization
raiser
vsgranger
1 4.1

A person who grows crops, often as a job

is similar but also linked to membership in a national group
crofter
vsgranger
  • UK
1 9.4

A person who works a very small farm often in Scotland or northern England

performs similar small-scale farming while also belonging to a national group
cropper
vsgranger
1 7.5

A small farmer who grows and gathers food plants

is the same agricultural work but connected to an organized movement
sodbuster
vsgranger
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A farmer who breaks prairie land to grow crops

denotes the same farming activity but includes modern organizational affiliation
grainer
vsgranger
5.7

A person who grows or sells grain like wheat

shares cultivation focus but is broader in community or organizational ties

Surface Forms

granger singular
grangers plural

Morphology

granger = grange (transparent) = grange + er

The word is transparently formed from 'grange' + '-er' to mean a person associated with or working on a grange/farm.

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.