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Webster 1913 Edition

Grange

Grange

,
Noun.
[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, and 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.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Grange

GRANGE

,
Noun.
granj. A farm, with the buildings, stables, &c.

Definition 2024

Grange

Grange

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English

Proper noun

Grange

  1. (US) (usually, with "The") National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, an association of farmers.
  2. A state branch or branch lodge of the National Grange
Governor Johnson received the backing of the state Grange in his bid for re-election.

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English

Noun

grange ‎(plural granges)

  1. (US) A farmers' association organized in 1867. Officially called The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry. The Grange operates at the local, county, and state levels by sponsoring social activities, community service, and political lobbying and promoting economic and agricultural unity in communities.
  2. (Britain) A farm, especially that of a gentleman farmer.
    • ~1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act I, scene I, line 120:
      What tell'st thou me of robbing? / This is Venice. My house is not a grange.
  3. (Europe) Outlying land belonging to a monastery.
  4. (archaic) A granary.

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French

Etymology

From Old French grange, from Medieval Latin granica, from Latin granum ‎(“grain”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁɑ̃ʒ/

Noun

grange f ‎(plural granges)

  1. a barn

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Italian

Noun

grange f

  1. plural of grangia

Norman

Etymology

From Medieval Latin granica, from Latin granum ‎(“grain”).

Noun

grange f ‎(plural granges)

  1. (Jersey) barn

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowing from Medieval Latin granica.

Noun

grange f ‎(oblique plural granges, nominative singular grange, nominative plural granges)

  1. granary
  2. barn
  3. grange; small farm

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References

Etymology

From Old French grange.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɹeɪndʒ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪndʒ

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