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granges

granges is the plural of grange.

Meaning of grange

Noun

grange (plural granges)

  1. (archaic) A granary.
    • […] the loose unleter'd Hinds, / When for their teeming Flocks, and granges full / In wanton dance they praise the bounteous Pan.1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey...
  2. (UK) A farm, with its associated buildings; a farmhouse, particularly one associated with a monastic order, or manor.
    • What tell'st thou me of robbing? / This is Venice. My house is not a grange.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
  3. (US) A lodge of the Patrons of Husbandry, a fraternal organization.

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Questions about granges

What is granges the plural of?
Granges is the plural of grange.

Words near granges in the dictionary

  1. grangerize
  2. grangerized
  3. grangerizes
  4. grangerizing
  5. grangers
  6. granges
  7. Grangetown
  8. Grangeville
  9. Granholm
  10. Granholms
  11. graniculture

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