Granger

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -eɪndʒə(ɹ)

From granger, from grange

Granger (countable and uncountable, plural Grangers)

1. An English surname originating as an occupation for a granger (farm bailiff).
2. A city in Washington, United States; named for Washington Irrigation Company superintendent Walter Granger.
3. A city in Iowa, United States; named for railroad official C. T. Granger.
4. A town in New York state, United States; named for American politician and Postmaster General Francis Granger.
5. A town in Wyoming, United States.
6. An unincorporated community in Ohio, United States; named for American politician and Postmaster General Gideon Granger, son of Francis Granger.

• Grainger (surname)

From Grange +‎ -er, related to etymology 1.

Granger

1. (US) A member of the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry. [from late 1860s or 1870s]
   • 1873, Stephe R. Smith, Grains for the Grangers, Discussing All Points Bearing Upon the Farmers' Movement for the Emancipation of White Slaves from the Slave-Power of Monopoly, Union Publishing Company, page 237.

     From the North, South, East, and West the Grangers came, on horseback and in every conceivable style of vehicle.

2. A locale in the United States; named for the organization.
   1. A census-designated place in Indiana.
   2. A city in Texas.
   3. A village in Missouri.

Granger

1. A settlement in the Grand'Anse department, Haiti.