| 单词 | ranker officer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasranker officer 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. < as lemmas |
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