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Exact Match:

rank and file

the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army); "the strike was supported by the union rank and file"; "he rose from the ranks to become a colonel"

people who constitute the main body of any group

Synonyms:

• armed force,
• armed service,
• army,
• array,
• bourgeoisie,
• career soldiers,
• common people,
• common run,
• common sort,
• commonage,
• commonality,
• commonalty,
• commoners,
• commons,
• fighting machine,
• forces,
• ground forces,
• ground troops,
• host,
• laborers,
• legions,
• linendrapers,
• lower classes,
• lower middle class,
• lower orders,
• lumpen proletariat,
• majority,
• members,
• middle class,
• middle orders,
• military establishment,
• occupation force,
• ordinary people,
• paratroops,
• peasantry,
• people,
• plain folks,
• plain people,
• plebeians,
• plebes,
• populace,
• proletariat,
• ranks,
• regular army,
• regulars,
• shopkeepers,
• ski troops,
• small tradesmen,
• soldiery,
• standing army,
• storm troops,
• the line,
• the lower cut,
• the military,
• the other half,
• the third estate,
• third estate,
• toilers,
• toiling class,
• troops,
• upper middle class,
• vulgus,
• working class,
• working people