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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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noun
A player who plays in the back row of the scrum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, rugby, sports
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noun
A wide receiver who lines up behind the line of scrimmage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
A fortification or soldier projecting so as to defend another work or to command the flank of an assailing body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
One of a pair of large upright monoliths erected on either end of the recumbent, in recumbent stone circles of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and the counties of Cork and Kerry in south-west of Ireland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences
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noun
A usually lower-end brand or product introduced in order to target competitors and protect a company's main market share.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, marketing
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Synonyms: fighter, flanker brand, fighter brand
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Newly created perfume that shares some attributes of an already existing perfume.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: perfumery
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verb
To defend by lateral fortifications.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
To attack sideways.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: soldier
noun
a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: flanker back
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: back
History
From flank + -er. The verb is from the noun (sense 3).
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
