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flanker
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun flanker has 2 senses
- flanker(n = noun.person) flanker back - a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver; Array is a kind of back
- flanker(n = noun.person) Array - a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation; Array is a member of detachment
Derived form verb flank1
is a kind of soldier
Derived form verb flank1
CIDE DICTIONARY
flanker, n.
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. [1913 Webster]
"They threw out flankers, and endeavored to dislodge their assailants."
[1913 Webster]
- To defend by lateral fortifications. Sir T. Herbert. [1913 Webster]
- To attack sideways. Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
flanker, n.
1 Mil. a fortification guarding or menacing the flank.
2 anything that flanks another thing.
3 (in Rugby and American Football) a flank forward.
4 sl. a trick; a swindle (pulled a flanker).
1 Mil. a fortification guarding or menacing the flank.
2 anything that flanks another thing.
3 (in Rugby and American Football) a flank forward.
4 sl. a trick; a swindle (pulled a flanker).
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