1. a soldier who holds a rank below that of a commissioned officer
Usage: military
2. a person or thing that ranks or assigns ranks to others

Examples

• The sergeant was a ranker who had worked his way up through the enlisted ranks.
• As a ranker in the army, he understood the challenges faced by ordinary soldiers.
• The promotion meant he was no longer just a ranker but had become an officer.
• The website’s ranker algorithm determines which articles appear first in search results.
• She worked as a ranker for the competition, evaluating each contestant’s performance.
• The ranker assigned scores based on predetermined criteria.