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ranker

[ rang-ker ]

noun

  1. a person who ranks. rank.
  2. British. a soldier in the ranks rank or a commissioned officer promoted from the ranks. rank.


ranker

/ ˈræŋkə /

noun

  1. a soldier in the ranks
  2. a commissioned officer who entered service as a recruit, esp in the army


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ranker1

First recorded in 1825–35; rank 1 + -er 1

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Example Sentences

But the Christian religion, like the trodden grass that ranker grows, flourished still in spite of the oppression it endured.

The gown of the dead woman made a little patch of melancholy color against the green of the grass and ranker ground growth.

Garlic has a very strong penetrating odor and a biting taste that resemble the odor and taste of onion, but that are much ranker.

There are other excellent varieties of vanilla beans, but they have a somewhat ranker flavor than the Mexican.

He summed up the lot of the New Ranker rather well, I thought.

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