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other rank

noun

Definitions

  1. 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.
    • There were to be these raiders – Amon, myself and thirty ‘other ranks’ […]
    • Originating as an officers' style, this one was quickly embraced by Other Ranks as well.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA