'lower-ranking' definitions:
Definition of 'lower-ranking'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary" [syn: junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(a), secondary, subaltern]
Definition of 'lower-ranking'
From: GCIDE
- lower-ranking \lower-ranking\ adj. inferior in rank or status.
- Syn: junior-grade, inferior, lower, lowly, petty(prenominal), secondary, subaltern, subordinate. [WordNet 1.5]