/graynj/ , n.
1. a farm, with its farmhouse and nearby buildings.
2. Chiefly Brit. a country house with its various farm buildings, usually constituting the dwelling of a yeoman or gentleman farmer.
3. the Grange . See under Granger Movement .
4. Archaic. a barn or granary.
[ 1150-1200; ME gra ( u ) nge barn granica (occurs in ML), equiv. to L gran ( um ) GRAIN + -ica, fem. of -icus -IC ]