front-rank
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of front-rank
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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"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
So far, Boris Johnson has not visited Wakefield, and I'm told front-rank government ministers tend to pop in briefly to gladhand the Conservative candidate, knock off an endorsement video and head back to Westminster.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2022
After two spells as Middle East minister covering five years, Burt is the first front-rank former minister to discuss the transatlantic relationship in the Trump era in such honest terms.
From The Guardian ● May 31, 2019
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 call was for competent ship-surgeons who could front-rank our maritime C Threes.
From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by David W. (David William) Bone
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