Synonyms for rank and file
rank and file

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1. rank and file, ranknoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   rank, social rank, social station, membership, social status

2. rank and filenoun

   people who constitute the main body of any group

   Synonyms:
   rank

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   • Military
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1. rank and file

   Synonyms:
   privates, common soldiers (including corporals)

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1. Wellian Wiranto:

   You have Jokowi still saying the right things, but at the end of the day he has to be supported by the rank and file, not just the cabinet, but also the bureaucracy at large, and that part I think is still not getting the message.

2. William Bratton:

   They really do feel under attack, rank-and-file officers and much of American police leadership, that they feel they’re under attack from the federal government at the highest levels, so that’s something we need to understand also, this sense of perception that becomes a reality.

3. Terry Bowman:

   Icould not be more proud of my fellow rank and file workers.

4. Mike Pence:

   This unprecedented action does demand unprecedented transparency, i just want to remind my fellow Republicans, we can hold the AG accountable for the decision he made without attacking rank-and-file law enforcement personnel at the FBI. The Republican Party is the party of law and order. The Republican Party stands with the men and women who serve on the thin blue line at the federal and state and local level, and these attacks on the FBI must stop. Calls to defund the FBI are just as wrong as calls to defund the police.

5. Bernie Sanders:

   We've seen, across the board, across the country, that the rank-and-file membership of these different groups are overwhelmingly with Bernie.