Rankin

[rang-kin]

noun

1. Jeannette, 1880–1973, U.S. women's-rights leader and pacifist: first woman elected to Congress; served 1917–19, 1941–43.

Rankin

/ ˈræŋkɪn /

noun

1. Ian. born 1960, Scottish novelist; best known for his series of novels featuring Edinburgh detective Inspector Rebus, beginning with Knots and Crosses (1987)

Example Sentences

Jeanette Rankin was the first woman to be elected to Congress.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

The author is a fan of this feminist hero but acknowledges that Rankin was a family tyrant with a short fuse.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

The experiments took place in the lab of UCR professor Erin Wilson Rankin.

Read more on Science Daily

Rankin pushed back against the criticism, saying the state party was the most active GOP force in the final stretch of the election.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

Corrin Rankin, chair of the California Republican Party, had specifically asked the Justice Department to send monitors to the five counties in a letter to the Justice Department on Monday.

Read more on Los Angeles Times