RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)
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RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring) , a row or line, as of cabs or carriages, but especially of soldiers drawn up abreast in a line; in " rank and file " the " rank " is the horizontal line of soldiers, the " file " the vertical . From the sense of orderly arrangement " rank " is applied to grades or classes in a social or other organization, and particularly to a high grade, as in such expressions as a " person of rank." This word must be distinguished from the adjective " rank," over-luxuriant, coarse, strong, generally connected with the Low Ger. rank, thin, tall (cf. Du. rank, upright). The O.E. rinc, warrior , i.e. full-grown man, may be also connected with the word; Skeat See Also: - SKEAT,
WALTER WILLIAM See Also: - WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
(1835– ) refers also to " rack ," to pull out straight.
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