front-rank
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of front-rank
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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Mandelson had his front-rank political career resurrected three times subsequently: as an EU commissioner; as business secretary and de facto deputy prime minister to Gordon Brown in 2009, and as ambassador to Washington in 2025.
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026
She had to be young so you could have lots of children, she had to be Protestant, she had to be a front-rank aristocrat, and she had to be a virgin.
From Salon • Sep. 6, 2023
Had Hitler delayed by a few years, Roberts suggests, Churchill would surely have been away from front-rank politics too long to “make himself the one indispensable figure.”
From New York Times • Nov. 13, 2018
“The front-rank Republican candidates are going to have to have some carbon mitigation proposal at some point,” Bledsoe said.
From Scientific American • Aug. 7, 2015
Pounset, I think, will be your front-rank man.
From Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 by Various
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