rankern.

Brit.

/ˈraŋkə/, U.S.

/ˈræŋkər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rank v.³, -er suffix¹, rank n.¹

Etymology: In sense 1 < rank v.³ + -er suffix¹. In sense 2 < rank n.¹ + -er suffix¹.

†1. A person who arranges (people or things) in ranks. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Ranker, one that disposes in ranks; one that arranges.

2. Military.

a. An officer who has risen from the ranks. Also ranker officer. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > officer promoted from ranks

mustang1847

ranker1877

1877 W. Besant & J. Rice in Graphic 15 Dec. 566/2 Every regiment has its ‘rankers’—every ranker has his story.

1881 Echo 21 Mar. 1/5 This most deserving class of officers are ‘rankers’ to a man.

1905 Daily Chron. 11 May 4/7 The ‘ranker’ officer..has been explaining how his bankruptcy was due to expenses connected with his promotion.

1907 Westm. Gaz. 16 Mar. 2/1 Dr. Macnamara's chief..testified to the industry, ability, and disinterestedness of the guest of the evening, who, like himself, was a ‘ranker’.

1943 J. W. Day Farming Adventure xviii. 210 The village and the Army discussed ranker-officers with great candour. There had been two of them at the Hall with a previous unit—an ex-farmer and an ex-sergeant-major.

1994 Amer. Spectator Oct. 62/3 He joined the Army in World War II as a private and left as a major. He was thus a ‘ranker’, an honorary gentleman.

b. A person in the ranks; a soldier, etc., who is not an officer.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > common soldier > [noun]

soldiera1300

sergeantc1300

private soldier1566

common soldier1569

private man1651

man1690

(private) centinel1710

single sentinel1721

private1775

single soldier1816

troop1832

ranksman1845

dog soldier1852

ranker1890

other rank1904

mucko1917

squaddie1933

craftsman1942

peon1957

grunt1969

troopie1972

society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > [noun] > ordinary seaman

common sailor1698

ordinary seaman1702

OS1802

ranker1890

O.D.1916

hostile ord1919

erk1925

white hat1952

rate1977

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > the common people of any group > [noun] > person

ranker1890

rank-and-filer1917

1890 R. Kipling City Dreadful Night 30 Very military men are the Calcutta European Police in their setup, and he who knows their composition knows some startling stories of gentlemen-rankers.

1891 Daily News 13 Mar. 3/5 Rankers in the Navy have thus had an object lesson presented to the world in their interests.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. iv. [Calypso] 55 Come to a city gate, sentry there, old ranker too,..leaning on a long kind of a spear.

1982 T. Shippey Road to Middle-Earth v. 119 Frank Richards's Old Soldiers Never Die (published 1933, and written significantly enough by a ranker, not an officer).

2004 A. Levy Small Island xxvii. 366 Eyeing up Squadron Leader Howarth at Christmas while he (traditionally) served us rankers our meal.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ranker
释义	rankern. Brit. /ˈraŋkə/, U.S. /ˈræŋkər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rank v.³, -er suffix¹, rank n.¹ Etymology: In sense 1 < rank v.³ + -er suffix¹. In sense 2 < rank n.¹ + -er suffix¹. †1. A person who arranges (people or things) in ranks. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Ranker, one that disposes in ranks; one that arranges. 2. Military. a. An officer who has risen from the ranks. Also ranker officer. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > officer promoted from ranks mustang1847 ranker1877 1877 W. Besant & J. Rice in Graphic 15 Dec. 566/2 Every regiment has its ‘rankers’—every ranker has his story. 1881 Echo 21 Mar. 1/5 This most deserving class of officers are ‘rankers’ to a man. 1905 Daily Chron. 11 May 4/7 The ‘ranker’ officer..has been explaining how his bankruptcy was due to expenses connected with his promotion. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 16 Mar. 2/1 Dr. Macnamara's chief..testified to the industry, ability, and disinterestedness of the guest of the evening, who, like himself, was a ‘ranker’. 1943 J. W. Day Farming Adventure xviii. 210 The village and the Army discussed ranker-officers with great candour. There had been two of them at the Hall with a previous unit—an ex-farmer and an ex-sergeant-major. 1994 Amer. Spectator Oct. 62/3 He joined the Army in World War II as a private and left as a major. He was thus a ‘ranker’, an honorary gentleman. b. A person in the ranks; a soldier, etc., who is not an officer. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > common soldier > [noun] soldiera1300 sergeantc1300 private soldier1566 common soldier1569 private man1651 man1690 (private) centinel1710 single sentinel1721 private1775 single soldier1816 troop1832 ranksman1845 dog soldier1852 ranker1890 other rank1904 mucko1917 squaddie1933 craftsman1942 peon1957 grunt1969 troopie1972 society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > [noun] > ordinary seaman common sailor1698 ordinary seaman1702 OS1802 ranker1890 O.D.1916 hostile ord1919 erk1925 white hat1952 rate1977 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > the common people of any group > [noun] > person ranker1890 rank-and-filer1917 1890 R. Kipling City Dreadful Night 30 Very military men are the Calcutta European Police in their setup, and he who knows their composition knows some startling stories of gentlemen-rankers. 1891 Daily News 13 Mar. 3/5 Rankers in the Navy have thus had an object lesson presented to the world in their interests. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. iv. [Calypso] 55 Come to a city gate, sentry there, old ranker too,..leaning on a long kind of a spear. 1982 T. Shippey Road to Middle-Earth v. 119 Frank Richards's Old Soldiers Never Die (published 1933, and written significantly enough by a ranker, not an officer). 2004 A. Levy Small Island xxvii. 366 Eyeing up Squadron Leader Howarth at Christmas while he (traditionally) served us rankers our meal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1828
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