front rank

In the front rank of the railway service I do not remember many beaux.

There is yet another reason for putting the soldier in the front rank of citizens—because he gives his life for his Country.

There were others who possessed eloquence, courage, and patriotism, but they did not occupy the front rank.

Capt. Bonehill is in the very front rank as an author of boys' stories.

The front-rank man on the right stands fast, the rear rank man on the right closes to 40 inches.