other ranks
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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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 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
"This will mainly affect officers who tend to join after university rather than the other ranks who join about the age of 20," said David Marsh, pensions secretary of the FPS.
From BBC • Aug. 1, 2012
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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