flanker

flank·er (fl

1. One that flanks, especially a soldier so positioned as to protect the flank of a column of troops on the march.

2. Business An extension product, such as a diet version of a soft drink or a liquid version of a detergent, added to a line to support the sales of the main product.

3. Football A flankerback.

flanker [ˈflæŋkə]

1. (Military) one of a detachment of soldiers detailed to guard the flanks, esp of a formation

2. (Military / Fortifications) a projecting fortification, used esp to protect or threaten a flank

3. (Team Sports / Rugby) Rugby a wing forward

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Noun	1.	flanker - a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver flanker back back - (football) a person who plays in the backfield
	2.	flanker - a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation 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" detachment - a small unit of troops of special composition soldier - an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the soldiers stood at attention"

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back detachment flanker back flunkey flunky flunkyism Rugby soldier	Whitefleld used to do after he had made a wearisome day’s march, get on our knees and pray, like Moses of old, with a flanker to the right and left to lift his hands to heaven,” returned her husband, who composedly performed what she had directed to be done. The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context If they hadn't halted, I had no fear of being discovered, for I had seen that the Galus marched without point, flankers or rear guard; and when I reached the pass and saw a narrow, one-man trail leading upward at a stiff angle, I wished that I were chief of the Galus for a few weeks. The People That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context	Flanders poppy Flanerie flânerie Flaneur flâneur Flang flange flange coupling Flange joint Flange rail Flange turning flanged flanged rail flank Flank attack Flank company Flank defense Flank en potence Flank files flank guard Flank march Flank movement Flank patrol flank steak flanken flanker flanker back flankerback flanking attack Flanks of a frontier flannel flannel bush flannel cake flannel flower flannel leaf flannel mullein flannel-cake flannelboard flannelbush flannelcake Flanneled flannelette flannels Flannen Flanner Flannery O'Connor flap flap away flap down Flap tile Flap valve	flank laparotomy Flank march Flank movement flank observation flank on flank pain Flank patrol flank position Flank Protection flank steak flank sucking flank sucking flank sucking flank sucking flank wall flank watching flank watching flank watching flank watching flank wear flank window flank window flanked flanked flanked flanked flanken flanken flanken flanken flanker Flanker (American football) flanker back flanker back flankerback flankers flankers flanking flanking flanking flanking Flanking Attack Flanking Attack Flanking Fire Flanking maneuver Flanking maneuver Flanking maneuver flanking regions flanking transmission flanking window flanking window flanks flanks flanks flanks Flanks of a frontier Flann Flann O'Brien Flann O'Brien Flannagan, John Bernard Flannagan, John Bernard

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Whitefleld used to do after he had made a wearisome day’s march, get on our knees and pray, like Moses of old, with a flanker to the right and left to lift his hands to heaven,” returned her husband, who composedly performed what she had directed to be done.

The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context

If they hadn't halted, I had no fear of being discovered, for I had seen that the Galus marched without point, flankers or rear guard; and when I reached the pass and saw a narrow, one-man trail leading upward at a stiff angle, I wished that I were chief of the Galus for a few weeks.

The People That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

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