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I . rank and ˈfile N

1. rank and file (non-officers):

rank and file
einfache Soldaten pl

2. rank and file (non-leaders):

rank and file
Basis f
rank and file
das einfache Volk hum inf
rank and file of a party
[Partei]basis f

II . rank and ˈfile N modifier

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

rank and file citizens
einfache Bürger
rank and file workers
einfache Arbeiter

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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It had a total strength of 146 officers and 4,656 rank and file.
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The rank and file of the bureaucracy were on strike, there were no newspapers.
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This decision by the party leadership incensed many rank and file members of the organization.
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No attempt was made until very recently to enroll the rank and file of the regiment.
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Many in the rank and file advocated revolution.
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The union soon discovered that a rank and file leadership was difficult to organize.
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Insignia is silver for the rank and file and gold for battalion chiefs and above.
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The rank and file was composed of unmarried regular soldiers who were known as soldados.
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It took two weeks for all the railway strikers to return, however, as rank and file meetings initially rejected the official capitulation.
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The people that aren't going to find out about you are the rank and file.
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