ranker

[ rang-ker ]

/ ˈræŋ kər /

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noun

a person who ranks.

British. a soldier in the ranks or a commissioned officer promoted from the ranks.

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Origin of ranker

First recorded in 1825–35; rank¹ + -er¹

Words nearby ranker

rank, rank and file, rank-and-filer, Ranke, ranked-choice voting, ranker, ranket, Rankin, Rankine, Rankine cycle, Rankine scale

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How to use ranker in a sentence

Our rankers were asked to rate the race as “Solid McAuliffe edge,” “Slight McAuliffe edge,” “Neck and neck,” “Slight Youngkin edge” or “Solid Youngkin edge.”
Here’s who has the edge in the Virginia governor race|The Ranking Committee|October 29, 2021|Washington Post
This is novel because most deep neural network based ranking models have higher computational costs, and thus are restricted to later-stage rankers.
Could Google passage indexing be leveraging BERT?|Dawn Anderson|October 29, 2020|Search Engine Land
But the Christian religion, like the trodden grass that ranker grows, flourished still in spite of the oppression it endured.
The Catacombs of Rome|William Henry Withrow
The gown of the dead woman made a little patch of melancholy color against the green of the grass and ranker ground growth.
A Virginia Scout|Hugh Pendexter

Garlic has a very strong penetrating odor and a biting taste that resemble the odor and taste of onion, but that are much ranker.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2|Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
There are other excellent varieties of vanilla beans, but they have a somewhat ranker flavor than the Mexican.
Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians|William K. David
He summed up the lot of the New Ranker rather well, I thought.
The Boy with Wings|Berta Ruck

British Dictionary definitions for ranker

ranker

/ (ˈræŋkə) /

noun

a soldier in the ranks

a commissioned officer who entered service as a recruit, esp in the army

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