rank-and-filer

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rank-and-filer

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From rank and file + -er.

noun rank-and-filers

  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."

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noun member of rank and file

Españolcurrante, currito, laburante

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@misc{rank_and_filer_2026,
  title = {rank-and-filer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rank-and-filer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}