Rank and file may refer to:
*A military term relating to the horizontal "ranks" (rows) and vertical "files" (columns) of individual foot-soldiers, exclusive of the officers
*A term derived from the above used to refer to
enlisted troops, as opposed to the officers
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Rank and file (chess), the rows and columns on a chessboard
*The individual members of a political organization or
labour union
A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...
, exclusive of its leadership
*Rank and file movement, a blanket term for informal, Trotskyist militant groups among
British trade unionists, generally strenuously opposed to the union hierarchies and often facing expulsion by them
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Rank and File Movement, a militant movement which grew within the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers in the United States in 1934
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Rank and File (band)
Rank and File was an American country rock band established in 1981 in Austin, Texas by Chip Kinman and Tony Kinman, a pair of brothers who had been members of the seminal California punk rock band The Dils. The band were forerunners in combin ...
, an American cowpunk band
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"The Rank and File" (''Playhouse 90''), a 1959 American television play
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"The Rank and File" (''Play for Today''), a 1971 BBC television play written by Jim Allen and directed by Ken Loach
*A variation of
Forty Thieves (card game)
Napoleon at St Helena is a 2-deck patience or solitaire card game for one player. It is quite difficult to win, and luck-of-the-draw is a significant factor. The Emperor Napoleon often played patience during his final exile to the island of St He ...
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