(a position in) a category or class; grade in the armed forces; a line of people or things
stinking, foul
Cases of word usage
1) an angel of the highest rank (archangel)
2) something (usually a design on clothes or a metal brooch) worn to show a person's occupation, rank etc or membership of a society (badge)
3) a member of the aristocracy with the lowest rank of peer (baron)
4) a Christian clergyman of high rank who organizes the work of the Church in a city or district (bishop)
5) to reduce (a person) to a lower rank or grade (demote)
6) to reduce (a person, thing) to a lower grade or rank (downgrade)
7) a nobleman of high rank (next below a prince) (duke)
8) a British nobleman of high rank (earl)
9) a naval flag or banner; a naval officer of lowest rank (ensign)
10) a strip of cloth on the shoulder of a military uniform showing rank etc (epaulette)