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1. (n.) flanker
a person or thing that flanks.
2. flanker
Football.
3. flanker
Also called flanker back. an offensive back who lines up outside of an end.
Etymology: (1540–50)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) flanker back, flanker
a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver
2. (noun) flanker
a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation
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1. (noun) flanker
one who, or that which, flanks, as a skirmisher or a body of troops sent out upon the flanks of an army toguard a line of march, or a fort projecting so as to command the side of an assailing body
2. (verb) flanker
to defend by lateral fortifications
3. (verb) flanker
to attack sideways
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