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Definition: FLANKERED

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. Of Flanker.[Websters].
Verb Past Tense 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb flanker.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(flanker)
1. To defend by lateral fortifications.[Websters].
2. To attack sideways.[Websters].
3. Base verb from the following inflections: flankering, flankered, flankers, flankerer, flankerers, flankeringly and flankeredly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Flankered" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: FLANKERED

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. Of Flanker.[Websters].
Verb Past Tense1. Past tense conjugation of the verb flanker.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(flanker)
1. To defend by lateral fortifications.[Websters].
2. To attack sideways.[Websters].
3. Base verb from the following inflections: flankering, flankered, flankers, flankerer, flankerers, flankeringly and flankeredly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "FLANKERED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Specialty Definition: flanker

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster1: [Noun] A fortification projecting so as to command the side of an assailing body..
 2: [Verb] To defend by lateral fortifications.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary[Noun] (rugby) A player who plays in the back row of the scrum. (references)

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Common Expressions: flanker

ExpressionsDefinition
Flanker backA back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Su-27 FlankerSu-27 Flanker is a realistic flight simulator released for the PC in 1996 on CD. Developed in Russia by Eagle Dynamics and published by SSI, Su-27 Flanker contained a realistic and detailed flight model in what was a, at the time, less competitive graphics shell, allowing the simulation to run on relatively minimal computer system requirements at the time. (references)

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Topics by Level of Interest: flanker

Topics sorted by level of InterestLevel (1=low, 600=high)   Topics sorted AlphabeticallyLevel (1=low, 600=high)
Flanker15   Eriksen flanker task4
Flanker (rugby union)12   Flanker15
Su-27 Flanker (video game)9   Flanker (rugby union)12
Eriksen flanker task4   Su-27 Flanker (video game)9

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).