flanker: Meaning and Definition of

flank•er

1. a person or thing that flanks.
2. one of a body of soldiers placed on the flank of an army to guard a line of march.
3. a fortification projecting so as to defend another work or to command the flank of an assailing body.
1. Also calledflank&prim;er back&sec;.an offensive back who lines up outside of an end.
2. Seesplit end.