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Meaning of rank-and-file | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Belonging or pertaining to the rank and file.

not-comparable

Examples

The morale of the rank-and-file Highland railwaymen has remained remarkably high, in view of the extent to which the London press and many an English M.P. have already discarded their railways.”
Rank-and-file progressives don’t usually think of the immigration policies they supportexpanding refugee quotas, easing restrictions on some classes of immigrants, and ending family separation—as an endorsement of detention, deportation, and racialized terror.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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