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rank and file


  • n  the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)
  • n  people who constitute the main body of any group
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  • Brainerd Area Setoma Club names Becker Sertoman of the Year
    Art Becker represents all that is good about the rank and file of Sertoma members who quietly go about the business of serving mankind, the Brainerd Area Sertoma Club reported as it named Becker Sertoman of the Year.
    June 14, 2013 - Brainerd Dispatch
  • Pam Strickland: 'Boy Scout,' video ensured punishment
    A friend who used to work the cop beat says that when Knoxville Police Chief David Rausch was a patrolman and supervisor, Rausch was disliked by many of the rank and file for being “a (expletive) Boy Scout” instead of a good ole boy going along to get along.
    June 14, 2013 - Knoxville News Sentinel

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