DEFENDER meaning: Protector against harm or attack

We found 32 dictionaries that define the word defender:

General (21 matching dictionaries)

defender: Merriam-Webster
defender: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
defender: Collins English Dictionary
defender: Vocabulary.com
Defender, defender: Wordnik
defender: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
defender: Wiktionary
defender: Dictionary.com
defender: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Defender (Association football), Defender (Gabriella Cilmi song), Defender (album), Defender (arcade game), Defender (association football), Defender (bandy), Defender (disambiguation), Defender (football), Defender (game), Defender (video game), Defender: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Defender: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
defender: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
defender: Rhymezone
Defender, defender: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
defender: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
defender: FreeDictionary.org
defender: Mnemonic Dictionary
defender: TheFreeDictionary.com
defender: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (5 matching dictionaries)

defender: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
Defender: Management Dictionary
Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
Defender (disambiguation), defender: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

Defender (disambiguation), defender: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)

DEFENDER: Acronym Finder
defender: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

Defender, The Defender: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)

Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
Defender: Sports Definitions

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  Someone who defends people or property.
▸ noun:  (sports) One of the players whose primary task is to prevent the opposition from scoring.
▸ noun:  A fighter who seeks to repel an attack.
▸ noun:  (law, rare) A lawyer who represents defendants, especially a public defender; a defense attorney (US) or defence counsel (UK).
▸ noun:  (Scots law) A defendant in a civil action.

Opposite:

attacker, offender, aggressor

Types:

cornerback, safety, linebacker, more...

Phrases:

public defender, Defender of the Faith, defender of the bond, ear defender, Land Rover Defender, more...

Adjectives:

public, staunch, great, ardent, zealous, chief, strong, able, brave, last, vigorous

Colors:

olive, forest green, charcoal, steel blue, midnight blue, more...

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