ranker

American  

[rang-ker] / ˈræŋ kər /

noun

1. a person who ranks. rank.

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

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ranker British  

/ 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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Etymology

Origin of ranker

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

Example Sentences

Nielsen, which releases a weekly ratings ranker for streaming content, also uses hours watched to rank programs.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2021

News, the magazine that has already established itself as the most noticed ranker of the nation’s colleges and universities.

From Washington Times • Oct. 13, 2017

“Because I intend on making one that’s a whole lot ranker than we’ve had before.”

From The New Yorker • Dec. 1, 2014

As contact man with the field, General Marshall had another Army ranker as Assistant Secretary of State for occupied areas: Major General John H. Hilldring, onetime Civil Affairs Division chief in the War Department.

From Time Magazine Archive

Upon such the flavor of the flowers is declared to be superior to that produced upon richer ground, which develops a ranker growth of foliage.

From Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses by Kains, M. G. (Maurice Grenville)