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flanker

noun
/ˈflæŋkə/UK/ˈflæŋkɚ/US/ˈfleɪ̯ŋkɚ/

Etymology

From flank + -er. The verb is from the noun (sense 3).

  1. derived from *kleng-✻ — “to bend”
  2. derived from *hlankaz✻ — “flexible, sleek, bendsome”
  3. derived from *hlanku✻ — “bend, curve, hip, flank”
  4. derived from *hlanca✻
  5. derived from flanc
  6. inherited from flanc — “flank”
  7. inherited from flanc
  8. suffixed as flanker — “flank + er”

Definitions

  1. A player who plays in the back row of the scrum.

  2. A wide receiver who lines up behind the line of scrimmage.

  3. A fortification or soldier projecting so as to defend another work or to command the…

    A fortification or soldier projecting so as to defend another work or to command the flank of an assailing body.

    • [The planters’ houses] were frequently constructed with flankers and loopholes, for the purpose of firing upon the assailants when they approached so near.
    • It was in vain they threw out flankers, and endeavored to dislodge their assailants; each pause gave time for other pursuers to come within reach, and open attacks from different quarters.
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. One of a pair of large upright monoliths erected on either end of the recumbent, in…

      One of a pair of large upright monoliths erected on either end of the recumbent, in recumbent stone circles of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and the counties of Cork and Kerry in south-west of Ireland.

    2. A usually lower-end brand or product introduced in order to target competitors and…

      A usually lower-end brand or product introduced in order to target competitors and protect a company's main market share.

    3. Newly created perfume that shares some attributes of an already existing perfume.

    4. To defend by lateral fortifications.

      • the Castle was neither ſo weakly mann'd nor flanker'd as they were made belive

    5. To attack sideways.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA