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GRANGE
grange
(noun) an outlying farm
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Grange
(US, with "the") The National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, an association of farmers organized in 1867 which sponsors social activities, community service, and political lobbying.
A state branch or branch lodge of the National Grange.
A place name, including
A beachside suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland.
A suburb of West Kirby, the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SK2286).
A village in Sligo, Ireland.
A village in Tipperary, Ireland.
A village in Waterford, Ireland.
A village in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO2725).
A surname.
Anagrams
• Gagner, Ganger, ganger, nagger
Etymology
Noun
grange (plural granges)
(archaic) A granary.
(British) A farm, with its associated buildings; a farmhouse or manor.
(US) A lodge of the Patrons of Husbandry, a fraternal organization.
Anagrams
• Gagner, Ganger, ganger, nagger
Source: Wiktionary
Grange, n. Etym: [F. grange barn, LL. granea, from L. granum grain. See Grain a kernel.]
1. A building for storing grain; a granary. [Obs.] Milton.
2. A farmhouse, with the barns and other buildings for farming purposes. And eke an officer out for to ride, To see her granges and her bernes wide. Chaucer. Nor burnt the grange, nor bussed the milking maid. Tennyson.
3. A farmhouse of a monastery, where the rents and tithes, paid in grain, were deposited. [Obs.]
4. A farm; generally, a farm with a house at a distance from neighbors.
5. An association of farmers, designed to further their interests, aud particularly to bring producers and consumers, farmers and manufacturers, into direct commercial relations, without intervention of middlemen or traders. The first grange was organized in 1867. [U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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