FLANKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flanker mean? 

• FLANKER (noun)
  The noun FLANKER has 2 senses:

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

2. a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation

  Familiarity information: FLANKER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLANKER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

flanker; flanker back

Hypernyms ("flanker" is a kind of...):

back ((football) a person who plays in the backfield)

Derivation:

flank (be located at the sides of something or somebody)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("flanker" is a kind of...):

soldier (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Holonyms ("flanker" is a member of...):

detachment (a small unit of troops of special composition)

Derivation:

flank (be located at the sides of something or somebody)