"military rank" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: military ranks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} military rank (plural military ranks)
  1. A grade conferred upon officers in armed forces, police and intelligence agencies, typically denoted by particular insignia affixed to their uniforms. Wikipedia link: military rank Categories (topical): Military Translations (grade conferred upon officers): 軍銜 /军衔 (jūnxián) (Chinese Mandarin), 軍階 /军阶 (jūnjiē) (Chinese Mandarin), militaire rang [masculine] (Dutch), sotilasarvo (Finnish), grade militaire [masculine] (French), rango militar [masculine] (Galician), rendfokozat (Hungarian), stopień wojskowy [masculine] (Polish), rango militar [masculine] (Spanish), militär grad [common-gender] (Swedish), rütbe (Turkish)

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