Defender

Noun

 * 1) Someone who defends people or property.
 * 2)  A lawyer who represents defendants.
 * 3) A fighter who repels an attack.
 * 4)  One of the players whose primary task is to prevent the opposition from scoring.

Thesaurus
advocate, aficionado, angel, apologete, apologist, apologizer, backer, buff, champion, dependence, encourager, endorser, exponent, fan, favorer, friend at court, guard, justifier, lover, mainstay, maintainer, paladin, paranymph, partisan, patron, patroness, pillar, pleader, promoter, proponent, protagonist, protector, protectress, reliance, rock, safekeeper, second, seconder, sectary, sider, sponsor, stalwart, standby, successful advocate, support, supporter, sustainer, sympathizer, tower, tower of strength, upholder, vindicator, votary, well-wisher, whitewasher, Maecenas, abettor, admirer,

Etymology
to defend + -er

Translations

 * Bulgarian:, бранител
 * Croatian: branitelj, braniteljica
 * Dutch: verdediger, verdedigster
 * Finnish:
 * French: défenseur
 * German:
 * Hebrew: מגן (magen), מגנה (megena)


 * Norwegian: forsvareren
 * Portuguese: defensor
 * Russian: защитник
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: försvarare
 * Turkish: savunucu


 * Bulgarian:
 * Croatian:, ,
 * Dutch: advocaat voor de verdediging
 * Finnish: puolustusasianajaja, (puolustus)


 * German:
 * Russian: защитник
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: försvarare


 * Croatian: branitelj, braniteljica
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * Russian: защитник
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: försvarare


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: defensor
 * Croatian: ,
 * Dutch: verdediger, verdedigster
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Hebrew: מגן (magen), מגנה (megena)
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: защитник
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: försvarare, back
 * Turkish: savunucu

Etymology
From defendo:.

Verb

 * 1) to prohibit

Etymology
From defendo:.

Verb

 * 1) to defend (contra, de - against, from)

Synonyms

 * proteger

Related terms

 * defendedor, defenderora
 * defensa
 * defensivo