Rank

noun

1. relative standing or position
2. the body of enlisted personnel
3. any of the rows of squares that extend across a chessboard perpendicular to the files
4. stand sense 6British
5. an orderly arrangement : formation
6. the order according to some statistical characteristic (such as the score on a test)
7. any of a series of classes of coal based on increasing alteration of the parent vegetable matter, increasing carbon content, and increasing fuel value
8. the number of linearly independent rows or columns in a matrix
9. a degree or position of dignity, eminence, or excellence : distinction
10. high social position
11. a grade of official standing in a hierarchy
12. an aggregate of individuals classed together
13. row, series
14. a row of people
15. a line of soldiers ranged side by side in close order
16. armed forces