rank and file
noun [+ sing/pl verb]Definition
› the ordinary workers in a company or the ordinary members of an organization, and not the leaders: The party's rank and file are beginning to question the prime minister's choice of advisers. [before noun] rank-and-file police officersOrdinary people
(Definition of rank and file noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- community noun
- folk adjective
- grassroots adjective
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