Definition of flanker Flanker
flank•er
We found 12 definitions of flanker from 5 different sources.
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What does flanker mean?
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NounPlural: flankers |
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| flanker - a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation | ||
| soldier a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony | ||
| detachment the act of releasing from an attachment or connection | ||
| armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" | ||
| flanker - a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver | ||
| flanker back | ||
| back (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage | ||
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Wiktionary 
- flanker (Noun)
A player who plays in the back row of the scrum. - flanker (Noun)
A wide receiver who lines up behind the line of scrimmage . - flanker (Noun)
A fortification or soldier projecting so as to defend another work or to command the flank of an assailing body. - flanker (Verb)
To defend by lateral fortifications. - flanker (Verb)
To attack sideways.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged 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. - flanker (v. t.)
To defend by lateral fortifications. - flanker (v. t.)
To attack sideways.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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flanker
A fortification jutting out so as to command the side or flank of an enemy marching to the assault or attack. Riflemen and all light troops are also called flankers, from the fact of their acting on the flanks.
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🔤- flanker, noun, singular of flankers.
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