rank-and-file

See also: rank and file

English

Noun

rank-and-file (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of rank and file

Adjective

rank-and-file (not comparable)

1. belonging or pertaining to the rank and file
   • 2019 July 15, Greg Afinogenov, “The Jewish Case for Open Borders”, in Jewish Currents‎^[1], number Summer 2019:

     Rank-and-file progressives don’t usually think of the immigration policies they support—expanding refugee quotas, easing restrictions on some classes of immigrants, and ending family separation—as an endorsement of detention, deportation, and racialized terror.