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flanker |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flanker \Flank"er\, 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. They threw out flankers, and endeavored to dislodge their assailants. --W. Irwing. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flanker \Flank"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flankered}; p. pr & vb n. {Flankering}.] [See {Flank}, v. t.] 1. To defend by lateral fortifications. [Obs.] --Sir T. Herbert. 2. To attack sideways. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
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