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Flanker

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flank⋅er

  [flang-ker]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that flanks.
2. Military. one of a body of soldiers placed on the flank of an army to guard a line of march.
3. Fortification. a fortification projecting so as to defend another work or to command the flank of an assailing body.
4. Football.
a. Also called flank⋅er⋅back. an offensive back who lines up outside of an end.
b. split end.
Origin:
1540–50; flank + -er 1

split end

 
–noun Football.
an offensive end who lines up some distance outside the formation on the line of scrimmage as a pass receiver.
Also called flanker, spread end.

Origin:
1950–55, Americanism
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flank·er   (flāng'kər)   
n.  

  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.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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