flanker

English

Etymology

flank +‎ -er

Noun

flanker (plural flankers)

1. (rugby) A player who plays in the back row of the scrum.
2. (American football) A wide receiver who lines up behind the line of scrimmage.
3. (military) A fortification or soldier projecting so as to defend another work or to command the flank of an assailing body.
   • Washington Irving

     They threw out flankers, and endeavored to dislodge their assailants.

Verb

flanker (third-person singular simple present flankers, present participle flankering, simple past and past participle flankered)

1. (obsolete) To defend by lateral fortifications.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir T. Herbert to this entry?)

2. (obsolete) To attack sideways.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Evelyn to this entry?)

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Danish

Noun

flanker c

1. plural indefinite of flanke

Verb

flanker or flankér

1. imperative of flankere