Rank-and-filer
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 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.""
Example
More examples"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.""
Etymology
From rank and file + -er.
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