granger
/ˈɡreɪn.dʒər/ · gran·ger
noun
- A member of the Grange, a fraternal organization of farmers founded in the United States in the 19th century. The local granger attended the annual meeting to discuss new cooperative grain storage facilities.
- An (often historical) farmer or agricultural laborer; a person who works the land. In the novel, the protagonist is a granger who rises with the sunrise to tend his fields.
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Did you know? The influence of grangers in the late 1800s led to the passage of the so‑called ‘Granger Laws’, early regulations of railroad freight rates that set a precedent for state intervention in commerce.