Rank-and-file

Rank-and-file refers to the ordinary members of an organisation, excluding the officers or managers. It is often used in reference to the armed forces, where it refers to the enlisted troops. This may have been the original use of the term, referring to ordinary infantry troops in marching order.

Related Topics:
Officer - Manager - Armed forces - Enlist - Marching

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Appealing to the rank-and-file is the aim of many trade union and socialist groups, who see a class distinction between those who manage and those who are managed.

Related Topics:
Trade union - Socialist - Class

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the name of the next vehicle of the brothers Chip and Tony Kinman from their early West Coast punk band, the Dils.

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is a reference to the organization of the squares on a chess board. Rank identifes the horizontal rows of squares, vertically numbered bottom to top, 1-8. File identifies the verticle rows of squares, lettered left to right, a-h.

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