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rank-and-filer

rank-and-filer noun: a member of the rank and file.

Noun

rank-and-filer (plural rank-and-filers)

  1. A member of the rank and file.
    • My mother was an active rank-and-filer in the International Ladies Garment Workers Union in New York. She would go to the Union meetings, and she'd come back with this little song book called "The Little Red Song Book."1989 December 3, Pam Mitchell, Ronnie Gilbert, “Carrying On The Honorable Tradition Of 'Protest Music'”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 21, page 8

Forms of rank-and-filer

pluralrank-and-filers

Origin of rank-and-filer

From rank and file + -er.

Questions about rank-and-filer

What does rank-and-filer mean?
Rank-and-filer means a member of the rank and file.
What part of speech is rank-and-filer?
Rank-and-filer is a noun.
What is the plural of rank-and-filer?
The plural of rank-and-filer is rank-and-filers.

Words near rank-and-filer in the dictionary

  1. rank outsider
  2. rank outsiders
  3. rank sum
  4. rank'd
  5. rank-and-file
  6. rank-and-filer
  7. rank-and-filers
  8. rank-deficient
  9. rank-nullity theorem
  10. rankability
  11. rankable

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