grangers
Rural fraternity members
Grangers is the plural of granger, a somewhat old-fashioned word for a farmer.
The term gained currency through the Grange, a fraternal organization founded in 1867 to advocate for agricultural interests.
Members were called grangers, and the movement's influence on railroad regulation produced "granger laws" and "granger railroads" in American history: The grangers pushed for fairer shipping rates.
Land-cultivating occupation holders
- landownersHolders of real property
- tillersSoil-turning implements or shoots
- cultivatorsThose who raise plants
- growersThose who raise plants
planters · homesteaders · settlers · yeomen · husbandmen · croppers · smallholders · landholders
Of countryside or clergy care
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
- bucolicIdyllically rural
- rusticRural and unrefined
- villageSmall rural community
provincial · farming community · harvest festival · country fair · folklore · heartland · farmstead · homestead
Advocating to decision-makers
- activismDirect effort for reform
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
collective · grassroots · petition · influence · representation · monopoly · tariffs · middlemen
Formal union of parties
- collectiveJointly organized group
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
union · association · network · purchasing · marketing · elevator · warehouse · store
farmers
Land-cultivating occupation holders
- landownersHolders of real property
- tillersSoil-turning implements or shoots
- cultivatorsThose who raise plants
growers · planters · homesteaders · settlers · yeomen · husbandmen · croppers · smallholders · landholders · agriculturalists
pastoral
Of countryside or clergy care
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
- bucolicIdyllically rural
- rusticRural and unrefined
village · provincial · farming community · harvest festival · country fair · folklore · heartland · farmstead · homestead · meadow
lobbying
Advocating to decision-makers
- activismDirect effort for reform
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- reformImprove by correcting faults
rights · collective · grassroots · petition · influence · representation · monopoly · tariffs · middlemen · political
alliance
Formal union of parties
- collectiveJointly organized group
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- partnershipShared business arrangement
federation · union · association · network · purchasing · marketing · elevator · warehouse · store · mutual aid
lodge
Temporary woodland dwelling
- chapterDivision of a book
- membershipState of belonging
- fraternalOf sibling bonds
order · meetings · rituals · degrees · hall · assembly · local · national · master · secretary
grangerscity dwellers
People living in metropolises
urbanites · townspeople · metropolitans · townsfolk · city slickers
grangersindustrialists
Owners of manufacturing enterprises
manufacturers · factory workers · merchants · bankers · tradesmen
grangersrailroad barons
Powerful train industry magnates
robber barons · railroad magnates · industrialists · financiers · middlemen
- Hermione Granger
- grange hallAgrarian society's local building
- La GrangeTexas town, Chicago suburb