flanker

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Synonyms: flanked, flacker, franker, blanker, flaker, lanker, flanger, flunker, flanken, flander, clanker

Antonyms: flanked, flacker, franker, blanker, flaker, lanker, flanger, flunker, flanken, flander, clanker

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|rugby}} A player who plays in the [[back row]] of the [[scrum]].
2. {{lb|en|American football}} A [[wide receiver]] who lines up behind the [[line of scrimmage]].
3. {{lb|en|military}} A [[fortification]] or [[soldier]] projecting so as to defend another work or to command the [[flank]] of an assailing body.
4. {{lb|en|archaeology}} One of a pair of large upright [[monolith]]s [[erect]]ed on either end of the [[recumbent]], in [[recumbent stone circle]]s of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and the counties of Cork and Kerry in south-west of Ireland.
5. {{lb|en|business|marketing}} A usually [[lower-end]] [[brand]] or [[product]] introduced in order to target [[competitor]]s and protect a company's main [[market share]].
6. {{lb|en|perfumery}} Newly created [[perfume]] that shares some [[attribute]]s of an already existing perfume.

Verb

1. To [[defend]] by [[lateral]] [[fortification]]s.
2. To [[attack]] [[sideways]].

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