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Flanker [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A fortification projecting so as to command the side of an assailing body.

Flanker [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To defend by lateral fortifications.

2. To attack sideways.

Flanker [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

Flanker [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To defend by lateral fortifications.

2. To attack sideways.

Flankered [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Flankering [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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