Usually means: Ordinary members of an organization.
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We found 9 dictionaries that define the word rank-and-file:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. rank-and-file: Merriam-Webster
  2. rank-and-file, rank-and-file: Collins English Dictionary
  3. rank-and-file: Wiktionary
  4. rank-and-file: Dictionary.com
  5. rank-and-file: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rank-and-file: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rank-and-file: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (rank-and-file)

adjective:  Belonging or pertaining to the rank and file.
noun:  Alternative spelling of rank and file [Enlisted soldiers in a military organization, as would be arrayed in a grid pattern with ranks and files.]

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