meaning of flanker
1. To defend by lateral fortifications.
2. To attack sideways.
3. 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.
4. a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation
Related Words
flanker | flanker back | flankered | flankering |
