flanker

flanker has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• n.. One who, or that which, flanks, as a skirmisher or a body of troops sent out upon the flanks of an army toguard a line of march, or a fort projecting so as to command the side of an assailing body.
• v. t.. To defend by lateral fortifications.
• v. t.. To attack sideways.
• n.. a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation
• n.. a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver