Grange

//ɡɹeɪnd͡ʒ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, an association of farmers organized in 1867 which sponsors social activities, community service, and political lobbying. US, countable, uncountable, with-definite-article
  2. 2
    A state branch or branch lodge of the National Grange. countable, uncountable

    "Governor Johnson received the backing of the state Grange in his bid for re-election."

  3. 3
    A place name, including:; A place in Australia.; A beachside suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A place name, including:; A place in Australia.; A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A place name, including:; A place in Ireland:; A village in County Sligo (Irish grid ref G6649). countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A place name, including:; A place in Ireland:; A village in County Tipperary. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A place name, including:; A place in Ireland:; A village in County Waterford. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A place name, including:; A place in the United Kingdom:; A village in Borrowdale parish, Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY2517). countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A place name, including:; A place in the United Kingdom:; A suburb of West Kirby, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SK2286). countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A place name, including:; A place in the United Kingdom:; A village in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO2725). countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A place name, including:; A place in the United Kingdom:; A parish between Keith and Knock in Moray council area, Scotland, historically in Banffshire. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A surname.; A surname from English countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A surname.; A surname from French countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A granary. archaic

    "[…] the loose unleter'd Hinds, / When for their teeming Flocks, and granges full / In wanton dance they praise the bounteous Pan."

  2. 2
    an outlying farm wordnet
  3. 3
    A farm, with its associated buildings; a farmhouse, particularly one associated with a monastic order, or manor. British

    "What tell'st thou me of robbing? / This is Venice. My house is not a grange."

  4. 4
    A lodge of the Patrons of Husbandry, a fraternal organization. US

Etymology

From Middle English graunge, borrowed from Old French grange (“granary; barn; small farm”), from Vulgar Latin *grānica, from Latin grānum (“grain”).

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