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ranker|ˈræŋkə(r)|
[f. rank n.1 and v.1 + -er.]
1. One who arranges in ranks (Webster 1832).
2. One (esp. a soldier) in the ranks.
1890[see gentleman 7]. 1891Daily News 13 Mar. 3/5 Rankers in the Navy have thus had an object lesson presented to the world in their interests. 1898Echo 5 Jan. 1/7 In the list of officers who have been ‘rankers’.
3. An officer who has risen from the ranks.
1878Besant & Rice Celia's Arb. II. xiii. 112 Every regiment has its ‘rankers’; every ranker has his story. 1881Echo 21 Mar. 1/5 This most deserving class of officers are ‘rankers’ to a man. 1905Daily Chron. 11 May 4/7 The ‘ranker’ officer..has been explaining how his bankruptcy was due to expenses connected with his promotion. 1926A. Bennett Lord Raingo i. xxxi. 143 He regretted his humorous remarks to her about the war..for they took no account of the daily torture of millions of young men, including Delphine's own promoted ranker. 1943J. W. Day Farming Adventure (1949) xviii. 210 The village and the Army discussed ranker-officers with great candour. There had been two of them at the Hall with a previous unit—an ex-farmer and an ex-sergeant-major. |