other ranks
Britishplural noun
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The casualties, which included officers and other ranks, occurred after a military carrier truck loaded with ammunition "suddenly overturned" during planned training activities south of 10th of Ramadan City, spokesman Colonel Gharib Abdel Hafez said.
From Reuters ● Sep. 18, 2023
The Times printed the official casualty lists - divided into officers and other ranks - first in hundreds, then in thousands.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2016
The army tradition was to share out the spoils, with officers and other ranks taking their cut, and some of the cash used to compensate the families of dead or wounded soldiers.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2015
He has demanded their officers do demeaning manual work alongside other ranks but Colonel Nicholson, incomparably played by Alec Guinness, has refused – despite being banged up in a furnace-like "punishment hut".
From The Guardian ● Oct. 21, 2010
“Blowed if I can see anything funny about a couple of heroes wanting to be fed so that they can stay alive. Takes all kinds to make a world, young feller, other ranks included.”
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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