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Main meanings of ranker in English

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ranker1

Pronunciation /ˈraŋkə/

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noun

  • 1mainly British A soldier in the ranks; a private.

    • ‘Not many officers would condescend to talk with us rankers.’
    private soldier, common soldier
    1. 1.1A commissioned officer who has been in the ranks.

  • 2in combination A person or animal of a specified rank.

    • ‘of the 26 top-rankers in humanities, 18 are girls’

Main meanings of ranker in English

: ranker1ranker2

ranker2

Pronunciation /ˈraŋkə/

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noun

Soil Science

  • A simple soil consisting of a layer of humus lying directly on an unaltered substrate such as bedrock, glacial drift, or volcanic ash.

Origin

Based on Austrian German Rank ‘steep slope’.