Rank-and-file

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Rank-and-file is a term that means any of several things:

  • The rank-and-file of an organisation comprises its ordinary members, as opposed to officers or managers.
    • The term is often used in reference to the armed forces, where it refers to the enlisted troops. "Rank" and "file" are distinct marching formations.
    • Appealing to the rank-and-file is the aim of many trade union and socialist groups, who see a class distinction between those who manage and those who are managed.
    • Within political parties, it generally refers to 'ordinary', local members of the party, as opposed to officers, staffers or Members of Parliament.
  • In chess, "rank" and "file" refer to the coordinate axes of the 8 x 8 square chess board. Rank & File is a bimonthly chess magazine published by the Southern California Chess Federation.
  • Rank & File is the official student newspaper of George C. Marshall High School
  • Also the band Rank and File is the name of the next vehicle of the brothers Chip and Tony Kinman from their early West Coast punk band, The Dils.
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