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rank and file

noun as in general public

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Asked what kind of support he got from rank-and-file Democrats, he paused before replying with a hearty laugh.

Rank-and-file conservatives by and large do not share these extreme anti-equality, anti-abortion, anti-women attitudes.

Some rank-and-file evangelicals may have switched their position or even advocated for reform.

In recent Republican congressional primaries, the rank-and-file has voted “no” to reflexive interventionism.

Party leaders backed McMorris Rodgers; the conservative rank-and-file supported Price.

Most ominous feature of it all, republicanism gained a large footing in the rank-and-file of the army.

For the leaders, it may last a little longer than for the rank-and-file.

They were followed by the great bulk of the rank-and-file of so-called Jewish Socialists.

During the Crimean War, he took care of the fame of the rank-and-file of the army.

The losses on our side consisted of a colonel killed, and seventy-four rank-and-file wounded.

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On this page you'll find 27 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to rank and file, such as: common run, common soldiery, common sort, forces, grassroots, and majority.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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