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grange

1

[ greynj ]

noun

  1. Chiefly British. a country house or large farmhouse with its various farm buildings (usually in house names): the grange of a gentleman-farmer.

    Bulkeley Grange;

    the grange of a gentleman-farmer.

  2. (in historical use) an isolated farm, with its farmhouse and nearby buildings, belonging to monks or nuns or to a feudal lord:

    the nunnery's grange at Tisbury.

  3. the Grange, Granger Movement
  4. Archaic. a barn or granary.


Grange

2

[ greynj ]

noun

  1. Harold Redthe Galloping Ghost, 1903–1991, U.S. football player.

Grange

1

/ ɡreɪndʒ /

noun

  1. the Grange
    the Grange an association of farmers that strongly influenced state legislatures in the late 19th century
  2. a lodge of this association


grange

2

/ ɡreɪndʒ /

noun

  1. a farm, esp a farmhouse or country house with its various outbuildings
  2. history an outlying farmhouse in which a religious establishment or feudal lord stored crops and tithes in kind
  3. archaic.
    a granary or barn

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Word History and Origins

Origin of grange1

1150–1200; Middle English gra(u)nge “barn,” from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin grānica (unattested), equivalent to Latin grān(i)um grain + -ica, feminine of -icus -ic

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Word History and Origins

Origin of grange1

C13: from Anglo-French graunge, from Medieval Latin grānica, from Latin grānum grain

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Example Sentences

Scotland Yard then reopened the case in 2011 under the investigative name Operation Grange.

Portuguese police will lead the dig, which is being funded under Operation Grange.

The Queen was apparently not offended, "She really adored him" and "quite enjoyed it" La Grange said.

There are 35 British officers dedicated to the new investigation, which grew out of a review of the case called Operation Grange.

In May 2011, Scotland Yard launched a shadow investigation called Operation Grange to reexamine the original police work.

Nothing is there except the rectory, the church just across the way, the grange, and half a dozen thatched cottages.

Another week had passed when, riding home one evening, he stopped at the Grange, and as it happened found Maud Barrington alone.

It was a minute or two later when Winston swung himself into the saddle at the door of the Grange.

I had to lay all the blame at the 'open door' of the 'Moated Grange,' which I had been reading.

The first visit we paid the following morning was to Oxlip Grange, to see Coralie.

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