Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun flanker

2 senses of flanker

Sense 1
flanker back, flanker -- (a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver)
       => back -- ((football) a person who plays in the backfield)

Sense 2
flanker -- (a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation)
       => soldier -- (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the soldiers stood at attention")