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granger (iou) and longueur (iou)


granger (iou)



granger noun. ME.
[Anglo-Norman graunger = Old French grangier, from GRANGE: see -ER2.]
Hist. The steward of a grange. ME.
US History. (Also Granger.) A member of a grange (see GRANGE 4). L19.
b. In pl. = granger shares below. US. L19.
A farmer. Chiefly joc. or derog. N. Amer. L19.
Comb.: granger railroad, granger road US History a railway carrying grain etc. from the western States; granger shares US History shares in a granger road.

longueur (iou)



longueur noun. L18.
[French = length.]
A lengthy or tedious passage of Writing, Music, etc.; a tedious stretch of time.