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other rank

other rank noun: a soldier who is not a commissioned officer.

Noun

other rank (plural other ranks)

  1. (in plural) A soldier who is not a commissioned officer.
    • He knew that Sergeant-Major Cowley wanted to get the Other Ranks out of the hut with that captain carrying on like that, and he did not see why the old N.C.O. should not have what he wanted.1925, Ford Madox Ford, No More Parades (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 301
    • There were to be these raiders – Amon, myself and thirty ‘other ranks’ […]1928, Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, Penguin, published 2010, page 125

Examples of other rank in a sentence

  • Originating as an officers' style, this one was quickly embraced by Other Ranks as well.1975, Paul Fussell, The Great War and Modern Memory:
  • As I was wearing no badges of rank I was mistaken for an other rank.1992, AJ Deane-Drummond, Arrows of Fortune, page 42:

Forms of other rank

pluralother ranks

Questions about other rank

What does other rank mean?
Other rank means a soldier who is not a commissioned officer.
How do you use other rank in a sentence?
Originating as an officers' style, this one was quickly embraced by Other Ranks as well.
What part of speech is other rank?
Other rank is a noun.
What is the plural of other rank?
The plural of other rank is other ranks.

Words near other rank in the dictionary

  1. other head
  2. other heads
  3. other lips
  4. other man
  5. other men
  6. other rank
  7. other ranks
  8. other side
  9. other side of the coin
  10. other side of the tracks
  11. other sides of the coin

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