Brewer's: Ranks

Risen from the ranks. From mean origin; a self-made man. A military term applied to an officer who once served as a private soldier. Such an officer is now often called a “ranker.”

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Rantipole
Rank distinguished by Colour
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