Akademik

gentleman-ranker
\\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun (plural gentlemen-rankers)
: a gentleman serving in the British army as an enlisted man

the gentleman-ranker that Kipling met from time to time in India … was in many cases an ex-officer who had been removed from his regiment — C.S.Jarvis


Useful english dictionary. 2012.