forerank

English

Etymology

From fore- +‎ rank.

Noun

forerank (plural foreranks)

1. The first rank; the front row.
   • 1925, Harold Titus, Age:

     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

   • 2018, Stephen R. Lawhead, In the Region of the Summer Stars:

     the forerank launched their spears, which Conor easily avoided.

References

• “forerank”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.