noun
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a soldier in the ranks
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a commissioned officer who entered service as a recruit, esp in the army
Etymology
Origin of ranker
Example Sentences
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Nielsen, which releases a weekly ratings ranker for streaming content, also uses hours watched to rank programs.
From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2021
News, the magazine that has already established itself as the most noticed ranker of the nation’s colleges and universities.
From Washington Times • Oct. 13, 2017
“Because I intend on making one that’s a whole lot ranker than we’ve had before.”
From The New Yorker • Dec. 1, 2014
Sakari Tuomioja, 53, Finnish ranker and U.N. diplomat who proved himself a savvy, soft-spoken trouble-hooter in Laos in 1959, was picked by U.N.
From Time Magazine Archive
A gentleman ranker was brought in terribly wounded.
From The Romance of the Red Triangle The story of the coming of the red triangle and the service rendered by the Y.M.C.A. to the sailors and soldiers of the British Empire by Yapp, Arthur Keysall
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