What does defender mean?
Definitions for defender
de·fend·er
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word defender.
Princeton's WordNet
defender, guardian, protector, shieldernoun
a person who cares for persons or property
defender, withstandernoun
a fighter who holds out against attack
Wiktionary
defendernoun
Someone who defends people or property.
defendernoun
A lawyer who represents defendants.
defendernoun
A fighter who repels an attack.
defendernoun
One of the players whose primary task is to prevent the opposition from scoring.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Defendernoun
Etymology: defensor, Latin.
You have the power still
To banish your defenders, ’till at length
Your ignorance deliver you,
As most abated captives, to some nation
That won you without blows. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.Do’st thou not mourn our pow’r employ’d in vain,
And the defenders of our city slain? Dryden.Undoubtedly there is no way so effectual to betray the truth, as to procure it a weak defender. Robert South, Sermons.
Webster Dictionary
Defendernoun
one who defends; one who maintains, supports, protects, or vindicates; a champion; an advocate; a vindicator
Etymology: [Cf. Fender.]
Freebase
Defender
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking. There are four types of defender: centre-back, sweeper, full-back and wing-back. The centre-back and full-back positions are essential in most modern formations. The sweeper and wing-back roles are more specialised for certain formations.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
defender
One who defends; one who maintains, supports, protects, etc.
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Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'defender' in Nouns Frequency: #1973
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of defender in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of defender in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of defender in a Sentence
Andre is one of the smartest defenders I've ever seen, it's funny to say when a guy gets 44 points that the defender did a really good job, but I thought Andre did extremely well. Made LeBron take some tough shots.
Williams wrote about current and past racial tensions in America reflected through Walter Williams teenage years in a housing project in Northern Philadelphia. News of Walter Williams death promptedwords of grief from several prominent Republicans. Walter Williams was legendary, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, wrote. Walter Williams was brilliant, incisive, witty, and profound. I grew up reading Walter Williams, and Walter Williams was a ferocious defender of free markets and a powerful explainer of the virtues of Liberty.
You want to have it both ways, you want to try to portray yourself as a defender of the Constitution and then you water it down with the specifics.
We raised extreme concern about the effects that isolated detention would have on Nabeel's health and we were ignored. Nabeel never suffered heart problems before. My husband is a human rights defender and does not deserve this treatment.
If the Carissa Byrne Hessick attorney's office wanted to come in and file a motion to say that the economic circumstances of these people have changed so that they should no longer get a public defender, I think that the court would take that seriously, it's the same as if someone has a public defender and suddenly won the lottery.
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Translations for defender
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- المدافعArabic
- защитник, бранителBulgarian
- defensorCatalan, Valencian
- obhájce, obránceCzech
- forsvarer, forsvarDanish
- VerteidigerGerman
- υπερασπιστήςGreek
- defendantoEsperanto
- kaitsjaEstonian
- مدافعPersian
- puolustaja, puolustusasianajajaFinnish
- défenseurFrench
- cosantóirIrish
- מגן, מגנהHebrew
- रक्षकHindi
- védőHungarian
- bekIndonesian
- varnarmaðurIcelandic
- difensoreItalian
- ディフェンダー, 防衛者, 擁護者Japanese
- defensorLatin
- verdedigster, advocaat voor de verdediging, verdedigerDutch
- forsvarerenNorwegian
- obrońcaPolish
- defensor, beque, zagueiroPortuguese
- apărător, fundașRomanian
- защитник, защитницаRussian
- bek, braniteljica, advokat, branič, odvjetnica, branitelj, odvjetnikSerbo-Croatian
- obranca, obhajcaSlovak
- försvarare, backSwedish
- mteteziSwahili
- savunucuTurkish
- захисникUkrainian
- người bào chữaVietnamese
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