rank and file
Enlisted soldiers in a military organization, as would be arrayed in a grid pattern…Enlisted soldiers in a military organization, as would be arrayed in a grid pattern with ranks and files.
» He remains popular with the party rank and file.
Er bleibt bei der Parteibasis beliebt.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)Enlisted soldiers in a military organization, as would be arrayed in a grid pattern with ranks and files.
einfache Soldaten, Mannschaften
солдатняsoldatnja
the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)
(idiomatic, uncountable)The members of an organization, community, etc. who are not in leadership positions.
The executives attend meetings in exotic locations while the rank and file stays at headquarters doing the bulk of the work.
die breite Masse, Fußvolk, Basis
Examples
3 sentencesHe remains popular with the party rank and file.
deEr bleibt bei der Parteibasis beliebt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The rank and file members of the union attended a stop-work meeting to vote on the proposal to take strike action.
Rank-and-file Republicans commit mass shootings; Republican politicians make sure that nothing is ever done about them.
Translations
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army):rank
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable