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Definitions:
Noun
rank and file
rank
Definition: 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"
rank and file
Definition: people who constitute the main body of any group
Definition: Enlisted soldiers in a military organization, as would be arrayed in a grid pattern with ranks and files.