Flanker

[flæŋkә]

Definition

(noun.) a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation.

Typed by Eddie--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

Edited by Bernice