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RANK AND FILE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)
Example:
he rose from the ranks to become a colonel
Synonyms:
rank; rank and file
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("rank and file" is a kind of...):
force; personnel (group of people willing to obey orders)
Meronyms (members of "rank and file"):
enlisted man (a male enlisted person in the armed forces)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
People who constitute the main body of any group
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("rank and file" is a kind of...):
people ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively)
