rankand file

rankand file
rank and file n.
1. The enlisted troops, excluding noncommissioned officers, in an army.
2. The people who form the major portion of a group, organization, or society, excluding the leaders and officers.
  rankʹ-and-fileʹ (răngkʹən-fīlʹ) adj.

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Universalium. 2010.

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