Definition of Flanker

1. Noun. A back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver.

Exact synonyms: Flanker Back
Generic synonyms: Back
Derivative terms: Flank

2. Noun. A soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation.
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Group relationships: Detachment
Generic synonyms: Soldier
Derivative terms: Flank

Definition of Flanker

1. 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.

2. v. t. To defend by lateral fortifications.

Definition of Flanker

1. one that flanks [n -S] - See also: flanks

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flanker

flanes
flaneur
flaneurs
flange
flange
flanged
flanger
flangers
flanges
flange contour
flanging
flank
flank
flanked
flanken
flanker (current term)
flankered
flankers
flanker back
flanking
flanking region
flanking sequence
flanks
flank bone
flank incision
flank position
flank steak
flannel
flannel-cake
flannelbush

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