Person+of+rank
1rank — rank1 [raŋk] n. [MFr renc < OFr ranc, renc: see RANGE] 1. a row, line, or series 2. an orderly arrangement 3. a social division or class; stratum of society [people from all ranks of life] 4. a high position in society; high degree; eminence …
2rank — I [[t]ræŋk[/t]] n. 1) a social or official position or standing, as in the armed forces: the rank of captain[/ex] 2) high position or station: a person of rank[/ex] 3) relative position or standing: a writer of the first rank[/ex] 4) a row or… …
3rank|er — «RANG kuhr», noun. 1. Informal. a person who ranks. 2. a soldier in the ranks: »Gentlemen rankers out on the spree, Damned from hell to Eternity (Rudyard Kipling). 3. an officer promoted from the ranks. ╂[< rank1 + er1] …
4rank — ▪ I. rank rank 1 [ræŋk] noun [countable] 1. a particular level of job in an organization, especially a government organization or the army: • His father retired with the rank of major. • Knight Ridder named Maxwell King, 46, to succeed Mr.… …
5rank — 1. adjective /ræŋk/ a) Having a very strong and bad odor. Your gym clothes are rank, bro’ – when d’you last wash ’em? b) Gross, disgusting. I am a rank amateur as a wordsmith. Syn: stinky …
6rank — rank1 [ ræŋk ] noun ** 1. ) count or uncount someone s official position in the military, police force, fire department, etc.: Her rank when she retired was captain. rank of: He joined in 1998, and quickly rose to the rank of detective.… …
7rank — [[t]ræ̱ŋk[/t]] ♦♦♦ ranks, ranking, ranked 1) N VAR: with supp Someone s rank is the position or grade that they have in an organization. He eventually rose to the rank of captain... The former head of counter intelligence had been stripped of his …
8rank — 1 noun 1 POSITION IN ARMY/ORGANIZATION (C, U) the position or level that someone holds in an organization, especially in the police or armed forces: promotion to the rank of General | high/senior/low/junior rank: Bates is very young to hold such… …
9Rank, Otto — orig. Otto Rosenfeld born April 22, 1884, Vienna, Austria died Oct. 31, 1939, New York, N.Y., U.S. Austrian psychologist. A protégé of Sigmund Freud, Rank s early books, including The Artist (1907) and The Myth of the Birth of the Hero (1909),… …
10rank — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a a position in a hierarchy, a grade of advancement. b a distinct social class, a grade of dignity or achievement (people of all ranks; in the top rank of performers). c high social position (persons of rank). d a place in a scale …
