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comparative form of rank: more rank quotations examples
As when a lion, rushing from his den,Amidst the plain of some wide-water’d fen,(Where numerous oxen, as at ease they feed,At large expatiate o’er the ranker mead)
1715, Homer, Iliad, translated by Alexander Pope, Book XV
countable and uncountable, plural rankers
(countable) One who ranks things, or arranges them in ranks. examples
A kind of soil developed over non-calcareous material, usually rock. examples
(countable, military) A common soldier.
(countable) One with a specified rank. quotations examples
But the difference between the first ranker Maharashtra and the second ranker Tamil Nadu was so sharp that Tamil Nadu's value added was just 40 per cent of that of Maharashtra.
2002, M. Naganthan, Tamil Nadu economy: trends and prospects, page 259
Mike, as an adult chimpanzee, was a low ranker.
2011, Derek Ellis, Sex, Food and Rank: In Humans and Animals, page 54
I become Starr high ranker the next Sunday, setting a school record for reaching Fifth Level in the minimum amount of time.
2012, Julia Scheeres, Jesus Land: A Memoir
When it comes to academics, you are a first ranker throughout.
2015, Sudha Murty, How I Taught My Grandmother to Read and other Stories