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grange
\ˈgrānj\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English grange, graunge, from Middle French grange, granche, from Medieval Latin granica, from Latin granum grain + -ica (feminine of -icus -ic) — more at corn
1. archaic : granary, barn
2.
a. : farm; especially : a farmhouse or country house with barns or other buildings for farming
b. : an outlying farmhouse with its barns and other buildings belonging to a monastery or to a feudal lord
c. obsolete : a country house
3.
a. : one of the lodges of an association of farmers joined with some secret rites to further their interests and particularly to bring producers and consumers, farmers and manufacturers, into direct commercial relations
b. usually capitalized : the association itself |