1. The most active men and horses in cavalry manoeuvres employed to protect a line of march.

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

3. To defend by flankers; to attack sideways.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• flanel,
• flager,
• flance,
• flankes,
• flanned,
• flaeyer,
• flander,
• flankerd,
• flaner,
• flanke,
• flenker,
• flinkey,
• flancher,
• Flakker,
• flanuer,
• Flynger,
• flunker,
• flanner,
• kleineert,
• flynder

• fling,
• flanks,
• flake,
• franker,
• Flanked,
• flank,
• flinck,
• FLINK,
• flange,
• FLNC,
• flunk,
• Flenniken,
• lankier,
• flanigan,
• Flanagan,
• flunkey.

The adjective form of the word "flanker" is "flank".

The plural of the "flanker" can be the "flankers".

The singular of the "flanker" can be the "flanker".