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ranker

[ US /ˈɹæŋkɝ/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈæŋkɐ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a commissioned officer who has been promoted from enlisted status
  2. an enlisted soldier who serves in the ranks of the armed forces

How To Use ranker In A Sentence

  • Another possible capital relist is Wallace v. Branker, No. 09 – 9365, although that one might be being held for Berghuis v. Thompkins. The Volokh Conspiracy » Important Relist in First Amendment/Business Case
  • Some varieties perish; but the ranker, hardier kinds, like the northern spy, the greening, or the black apple, or the russet, or the pinnock, how they ripen and grow in grace, how the green becomes gold, and the bitter becomes sweet! Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers
  • They hinted of all enamelled things that come out of the East -- of the peacock reflections of the tiles of Damascus and Cordova, of the franker polychromy of Rhodian kilns, of the subtler bloom of the dishes of Moorish Spain, of the brassier glazes of Minorca and Sicily -- all these things lay enticingly in epitome in these lustred Italian pots, as they glimmered with a furtive splendour. The Collectors
  • -- Quora uses votes from people you know -- or at least whose identity you can explore by viewing their linked Facebook profile -- to create a sense of affinity between the reader and the ranker. The Future Of Web Recommendations
  • Although, it would be great if EVERYONE could be a millionaire living in the City, unfortunatley, there is always going to be a top, middle and lower portion of any "ranker". Attention City Council: It's Noel Weiss' "9 & 20 Solution!"
  • Cannon, cutlasses and pistols, as well as naval dress of the period are studiously copied as, of course, is Sir Francis Haddock's ship, which is largely based on models and plans of a French third-ranker of the period, Le Brillant.
  • Vegetation was not so completely destroyed; trees died and remained bare and pickled; some grasses suffered, but others of the ranker sort flourished, and great areas were covered by a carpet of dwarfed and stunted corn-cockles and elecampane set in grey fluff. The Shape of Things to Come
  • These are players who can qualify both as crankers and power strokers.
  • The honeyed smells of garden flowers give way here to ranker scents: to the mingled fragrances of rot and stagnancy. GALILEE
  • He, an old Regular, despite the iron discipline so candidly hated, was withall a staunch supporter of fair play for the ranker, a tartar on parade, and feared more by the junior N. C.O.'s than the very inhabitor of lower regions. Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry
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