RANKER (ranker)

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Irregular inflected form: ranker   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does ranker mean? 

• RANKER (noun)
  The noun RANKER has 2 senses:

1. a commissioned officer who has been promoted from enlisted status

2. an enlisted soldier who serves in the ranks of the armed forces

  Familiarity information: RANKER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RANKER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A commissioned officer who has been promoted from enlisted status

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("ranker" is a kind of...):

commissioned officer (a military officer holding a commission)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Derivation:

rank (take or have a position relative to others)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An enlisted soldier who serves in the ranks of the armed forces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("ranker" is a kind of...):

soldier (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Derivation:

rank (take or have a position relative to others)