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Definition of Ranker
1. Noun. A commissioned officer who has been promoted from enlisted status.
Generic synonyms: Commissioned Officer
Derivative terms: Rank
2. Noun. An enlisted soldier who serves in the ranks of the armed forces.
Generic synonyms: Soldier
Derivative terms: Rank
Definition of Ranker
1. n. One who ranks, or disposes in ranks; one who arranges.
Definition of Ranker
1. Adjective. (comparative of rank) ¹
2. Noun. One who ranks things, or arranges them in ranks. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ranker
1. an enlisted soldier [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ranker
Literary usage of Ranker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1898)
"Lady of title saves situation by drinking ranker, VC's very good health. [Curtain.
Act II. ... ranker, VC, snubs millionaire, and leads lady of title ..."
2. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"—That should you, if I were your mistress, or I should think my honesty ranker
than my wit. While other jests are something rank on foot. ..."
3. The Epigrams of Martial by Martial (1877)
"No doubt, Th' icicles, hanging at thy dog-like snout, ranker than th' oldest goat
of all the herd. The congeal'd snivel dangling on thy beard, Than with thy ..."
4. An Analytical Digest of All the Reported Cases Determined in the House of by Samuel Bealey Harrison, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain Court of Bankruptcy (1842)
"And see Uni/. ; ranker ; Bunl.rupt ; Insolvent; Landlord; Pleading, (c. L.) BOND.
1. Where the husband, reciting an intended marriage, and that he was to be ..."
5. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1880)
"No such creature ever existed,' said ranker, positively. ' In the first place,
no one ever was made of that size, and in the second place, it is impossible ..."
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