ranker1
/ˈraŋkə
/noun
1chiefly British A soldier in the ranks; a private.Not many officers would condescend to talk with us rankers.
1.1A commissioned officer who has been in the ranks.
2 [in combination] A person or animal of a specified rank: of the 26 top-rankers in humanities, 18 are girls
Rhymes
ranker2
/ˈraŋkə/noun Soil Science
A simple soil consisting of a layer of humus lying directly on an unaltered substrate such as bedrock, glacial drift, or volcanic ash.
Origin
Based on Austrian German Rank 'steep slope'.