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grang·er

 (grān′jər)
n.
1. Chiefly Upper Midwest A farmer.
2. Granger Chiefly Northeastern US A member of the Grange.
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granger

(ˈɡreɪndʒə)
n
(Historical Terms) US a farmer
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grang•er

(ˈgreɪn dʒər)

n.
1. Northwestern U.S. a farmer.
2. (cap.) a member of the Grange.
[1125–75; Old French grangier. See grange, -er2]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.granger - a person who operates a farmgranger - a person who operates a farm  
contadino - an Italian farmer
creator - a person who grows or makes or invents things
agriculturalist, agriculturist, cultivator, grower, raiser - someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
apiarist, apiculturist, beekeeper - a farmer who keeps bees for their honey
dairy farmer, dairyman - the owner or manager of a dairy
arboriculturist, tree farmer, forester - someone trained in forestry
plantation owner, planter - the owner or manager of a plantation
rancher - a person who owns or operates a ranch
smallholder - a person owning or renting a smallholding
small farmer - a farmer on a small farm
sower - someone who sows
stock farmer, stock raiser, stockman - farmer who breed or raises livestock
tenant farmer - a farmer who works land owned by someone else
tiller - someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops)
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Translations

granger

Bauer m, → Farmer m
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References in classic literature ?
The Hankses, the Dobsons, the Pilligrews, the Ortons, the Grangers, the Hales, the Fullers, the Holcombs, in fact everybody that lives around about Patsy Cooper's had been robbed of little things like trinkets and teaspoons and suchlike small valuables that are easily carried off.
Yet they were more fortunate than the Grangers, who captured a dozen state governments, and who, in the spring, were not permitted to take possession of the captured offices.
Chancing to meet Alton Granger on the street, to whom never before had he mentioned the ten dollars loaned him in '74, he reminded Alton Granger of the little affair, and was promptly paid.
He had been that all his life--he had fought the railroads in Kansas for fifty years, a Granger, a Farmers' Alliance man, a "middle-of-the-road" Populist.
The Granger movement was at that time a strong political factor in the Middle West, and its blind fear of patents and "monopolies" was turned aggressively against the Bell Company.
"Your prompt decision to attack," said Genera Grant on a certain occasion to General Gordon Granger, "was admirable; you had but five minutes to make up your mind in."
It recognises Matt's work volunteering and fundraising for the Grangers Club, a social club for people with learning disabilities.
Police revealed it was the third time the Grangers had fallen victim to raiders.
Musto uses both HPX and MPX fabrics and these products can be washed in a washing machine at 40[degrees]C using a non biodegradable powder (like the Grangers Extreme X Cleaner)--Do not bleach, dry clean, iron or use a fabric softener.
In the years prior to the Civil War in Creek Crossing, Pennsylvania, the Grangers having lost their farm to a flood and have taken refuge with Uncle Jacob, a pious but harsh man.
A jealous schoolmate's theft of Zach's journal ultimately leads the drug criminals to the Grangers' new home.