flanker back

1. 1.

   a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver

   Synonymsflanker

   Broaderback

Questions about flanker back

What does flanker back mean?

flanker back means "a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver".

What is another word for flanker back?

Close synonyms include flanker. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is flanker back a common word?

flanker back is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.