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Definition of "lower rank" []

  • The state of being inferior (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Use "lower rank" in a sentence
  • "Sitz. 1895, p. [125] Auxiliary centurions, being of lower rank than legionary, were not employed as frumentarii (like Julius in Acts 27.); but there were other ways of detached service."
  • "And under the lower rank of hammocks, by the wall-sides, were laid beds upon the floor, in which the sick and such weak persons as could not get into the hammocks lay."
  • "Equals would kiss each other on the mouth, but a man of slightly lower rank would receive a kiss on the cheek from his superior."