Word
flanker, n.
(flankers)
a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation
<noun.person>
flanker
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
flank
semantic pointers
domain of synset (topic)
armed forces, military, armed services, military machine, war machine
member holonym
detachment
hypernym
soldier
a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver
<noun.person>
flanker
flanker back
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
flank
semantic pointers
hypernym
back