pull rank

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Definitions of pull rank words

noun pull rank a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body. 1
noun pull rank a social or official position or standing, as in the armed forces: the rank of captain. 1
noun pull rank high position or station in the social or some similar scale: a woman of rank. 1
noun pull rank a class in any scale of comparison. 1
noun pull rank relative position or standing: a writer of the first rank. 1
noun pull rank a row, line, or series of things or persons: orchestra players arranged in ranks. 1

before 1560

One of the 32% oldest English words

1560-70; < French ranc (noun, obsolete), Old French renc, ranc, rang row, line < Germanic, akin to ring1

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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