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Meanings of rank and file in English

The ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)

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Examples for "rank"
Examples for "rank"
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Several of the new Latin American projects rank among Miami's most ambitious.
Reuters
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Earlier this month, Trump sought to underscore his support among rank-and-file soldiers.
Reuters
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Recent years have witnessed intense development of randomized methods for low-rank approximation.
Pubmed
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It would rank second to National Australia Bank NAB.AX by asset value.
Reuters
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Germany does not rank among the top 10 countries for Facebook users.
Reuters
Usage of rank and file in English
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By their number of Twitter followers shall ye rank and file them.
The Irish Times
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The trusted lieutenants held the rank and file in readiness for action.
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
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And the rank and file-farmers and labourers-seemed fired by the same enthusiasm.
Is Ulster Right?
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For in the rank and file an empty stomach is not hopeful.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
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The rank and file, at least, now believed firmly in the prophet.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, ...
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You're not making any friends amongst the rank and file, you know.
Moon Over Soho
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At their heels tramped the rank and file of the great movement.
In Kedar's Tents
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This speculation was confined to the rank and file of the outfit.
The Triumph of John Kars: A Story of the Yukon
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The real support of the rank and file went to Ana DeLeon.
Mission road
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But the rank and file will have to constitute the big end.
A Poor Wise Man
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The Platoon Sergeants salute, and issue commands to the rank and file.
The First Hundred Thousand: Being the Unofficial Chronicle of a ...
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This is only keeping them in rank and file, it is true.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman / With Strictures on Politi...
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Here and there a comparatively new uniform brightened the rank and file.
The Grey Cloak
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There must always be a reference back to the rank and file.
Calumet "K"
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They included over sixty officers and about four hundred rank and file.
Six days of the Irish Republic / A Narrative and Critical Accoun...
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The rank and file, amounting to about eight thousand men, are natives.
In the Eastern Seas