ranker

adj

1. (comparative, form-of)comparative form of rank: more rank

   “As when a lion, rushing from his den, Amidst the plain of some wide-water’d fen, (Where numerous oxen, as at ease they feed, At large expatiate o’er the ranker mead)”

noun

1. (countable)One who ranks things, or arranges them in ranks.
2. (countable, uncountable)A kind of soil developed over non-calcareous material, usually rock.
3. (countable)A common soldier.
4. (countable)One with a specified rank.

   “But the difference between the first ranker Maharashtra and the second ranker Tamil Nadu was so sharp that Tamil Nadu's value added was just 40 per cent of that of Maharashtra.”

   “Mike, as an adult chimpanzee, was a low ranker.”

   “I become Starr high ranker the next Sunday, setting a school record for reaching Fifth Level in the minimum amount of time.”

   “When it comes to academics, you are a first ranker throughout.”