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UK
/flˈæŋkɐ/
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NOUN
- a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver
- a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation
How To Use flanker In A Sentence
- Suddenly, one of her flankers raised her greatfork above her cowl, held crossways like a horizontal bar.
- I wonder if even Elixir Sensuel can be justifiably called a flanker as it simply is a different formulation concentration, consistency of No. 5 rather than a new scent capitalizing on the success of Chanel's bestseller. Archive 2007-08-01
- Harry, who has already demonstrated a love of extreme sports in his pursuit of rugby, polo, skiing, abseiling and scuba diving, played in the lines position, the equivalent of a flanker.
- The new national coach needs a proper openside flanker for the Six Nations. Times, Sunday Times
- He has played less then 30 games for Leicester but is now settling down as a blindside flanker. Times, Sunday Times
- Jones's wing partner Wayne Proctor scored next and flanker Mark Perego got another before half-time.
- There's a couple of positional swaps as skipper Andy Kay, usually a flanker, lines up at No.8, with Grant Williams slotting in at blind-side.
- He was a capable hand at blindside flanker, but tended to exert greater influence from the second row.
- Her wingman obeyed, turning a somersault and ending up flying straight at the Flankers.
- He already had flankers out crashing through the understory on either side of his column. George Washington’s First War
