ranker
See also: ränker
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom rank + -er (comparative suffix).
Adjective
editranker
- comparative form of rank: more rank
- 1715, Homer, Iliad, translated by Alexander Pope, Book XV:
- As when a lion, rushing from his den,
Amidst the plain of some wide-water’d fen,
(Where numerous oxen, as at ease they feed,
At large expatiate o’er the ranker mead)
Etymology 2
editFrom rank + -er (agent noun suffix).
Noun
editranker (countable and uncountable, plural rankers)
- (countable) One who ranks things, or arranges them in ranks.
- A kind of soil developed over non-calcareous material, usually rock.
- (countable, military) A common soldier.
- (countable) One with a specified rank.
- 2002, M. Naganthan, Tamil Nadu economy: trends and prospects, page 259:
- But the difference between the first ranker Maharashtra and the second ranker Tamil Nadu was so sharp that Tamil Nadu's value added was just 40 per cent of that of Maharashtra.
- 2011, Derek Ellis, Sex, Food and Rank: In Humans and Animals, page 54:
- Mike, as an adult chimpanzee, was a low ranker.
- 2012, Julia Scheeres, Jesus Land: A Memoir:
- I become Starr high ranker the next Sunday, setting a school record for reaching Fifth Level in the minimum amount of time.
- 2015, Sudha Murty, How I Taught My Grandmother to Read and other Stories:
- When it comes to academics, you are a first ranker throughout.
Translations
edita common soldier
Anagrams
editGerman
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editranker
Adjective
editranker
Norwegian Bokmål
editNoun
editranker m
Norwegian Nynorsk
editNoun
editranker f
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