( n. & v. )
Degree of dignity, eminence, or excellence; position in civil or social life; station; degree; grade; as, a writer of the first rank; a lawyer of high rank.
( n. & v. )
Degree of dignity, eminence, or excellence; position in civil or social life; station; degree; grade; as, a writer of the first rank; a lawyer of high rank.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012