flanker

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver
noun a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation

From flank + -er. The verb is from the noun (sense 3).

At a word of command from Oracus the others deployed as flankers and guards. — The Witch of Salem; or, Credulity Run Mad, John R. (John Roy) Musick
They have no flankers out, and no look out, for they have no idee they mout be attackted." — The Treasure of Pearls: A Romance of Adventures in California, Gustave Aimard
Then I showed myself, and was instantly noted by one of the flankers, who passed the word to the others. — The Thirty-Nine Steps, John Buchan

flanker back

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