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defender

Pronunciation: /dɪˈfɛndə(ɹ)/

The English word “defender” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Someone who defends people or property.
  2. One of the players whose primary task is to prevent the opposition from scoring.
  3. A fighter who seeks to repel an attack.
  4. A lawyer who represents defendants, especially a public defender; a defense attorney (US) or defence counsel (UK).
  5. A defendant in a civil action.

Etymology

From Middle English defender, deffender, defendere, defendour, defendoure, partly from Anglo-Norman defendour, from Old French defendëor; partly from Middle English defenden + -ere, equivalent to defend + -er.

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