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Vinony

ranker

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɹæ̞ŋkə/ / /ˈɹæ̝ŋkɚ/ / /ˈɹeɪ̯ŋkɚ/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English rank English -er English ranker From rank + -er (comparative suffix).

  1. comparative form of rank: more rank

    “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)”

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English rank Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English ranker From rank + -er (agent noun suffix).

  1. One who ranks things, or arranges them in ranks.
  2. A kind of soil developed over non-calcareous material, usually rock.
  3. A common soldier.
  4. One with a specified rank.

    “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.”

    “Mike, as an adult chimpanzee, was a low ranker.”