Rank and File definition

Rank and File

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WordNet

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

"The strike was supported by the union rank and file"

"He rose from the ranks to become a colonel"

(2) People who constitute the main body of any group

WiktionaryText

rank and file

Those lacking any particular title or status; those having no station.

The executives attend meetings in exotic locations while the rank and file stays at headquarters doing the bulk of the work.