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grange

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grange  (grnj)
n.
1. Grange Chiefly Northeastern U.S.
a. An association of farmers founded in the United States in 1867.
b. One of the branch lodges of this association.
2. Chiefly British A farm, especially the residence and outbuildings of a gentleman farmer.
3. Archaic A granary.

[Middle English, granary, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *grnica, from Latin grnum, seed; see g-no- in Indo-European roots.]

grange [greɪndʒ]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) Chiefly Brit a farm, esp a farmhouse or country house with its various outbuildings
2. (Historical Terms) History an outlying farmhouse in which a religious establishment or feudal lord stored crops and tithes in kind
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) Archaic a granary or barn
[from Anglo-French graunge, from Medieval Latin grānica, from Latin grānum grain]

Grange [greɪndʒ]
n (in the US)
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the. an association of farmers that strongly influenced state legislatures in the late 19th century
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a lodge of this association
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.grangegrange - an outlying farm                    
farm - workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit; "it takes several people to work the farm"
Translations
grange [greɪndʒ] N (US) (Agr) → cortijo m, alquería f (Brit) → casa f solariega, casa f de señor
grange
nBauernhof m, → (kleiner) Gutshof


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I want you to manage it; I want you to start for the Grange to-morrow.
They have filled some flour sacks with clean dry moss from the woods, and put half a dozen blankets on the top, and they hope you can get along until the messenger who starts to-night for La Grange can bring some bedding over.
Thrushcross Grange is my own, sir,' he interrupted, wincing.
 
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