Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rank-and-filer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.45 in modern English

Syllables: rank-and--fil-er
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the rank and file.

Example Sentences

"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.""

Etymology

From rank and file + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: rank and file

Inflected Forms

rank-and-filers (plural)

Questions

What does rank-and-filer mean?: A member of the rank and file.
Where does rank-and-filer come from?: From rank and file + -er.

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