granger noun.
['greɪn(d)ʒǝ] ME.[Anglo-Norman graunger = Old French grangier, from GRANGE: see -ER2.]1. Hist. The steward of a grange.
ME.2. US History. (Also
Granger.) A member of a grange (see
GRANGE 4).
L19.b. In
pl. =
granger shares below.
US.
L19.3. A farmer. Chiefly
joc. or
derog. N. Amer. L19.
Comb.:
granger railroad,
granger road US History a railway carrying grain etc. from the western States;
granger shares US History shares in a granger road.
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