At an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level.

Enlisted soldiers in a military organization, as would be arrayed in a grid pattern with ranks and files. / (idiomatic) Members of an organization who are not in leadership positions.

(idiomatic) To assert one's authority over a subordinate who disagrees.

Alternately arranged in two exactly opposite rows.

plural of circuit rank

plural of military rank

A grade conferred upon officers in armed forces, police and intelligence agencies, typically denoted by particular insignia affixed to their uniforms.

A member of the rank and file.

(military) To close the spacing between lines (ranks) of troops, as they are deployed across a battlefield, thereby decreasing the depth of the formation as it faces the enemy side.

(military, chiefly in the plural) A soldier who is not a commissioned officer.