Noun
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a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation
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soldier a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony
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detachment the act of releasing from an attachment or connection
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armed forces,
armed services,
military,
military machine,
war machine the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
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| flanker -
a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver
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flanker back |
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back (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
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