Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forerank

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: for-erank
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The first rank; the front row.

Example Sentences

"He was in the forerank of a crowd that gathered when Burke, a surfman, plunged from the east pier and dragged out a drowning boy"
"the forerank launched their spears, which Conor easily avoided."

Etymology

From fore- + rank.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: fore

Inflected Forms

foreranks (plural)

Questions

What does forerank mean?: The first rank; the front row.
Where does forerank come from?: From fore- + rank.

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