defender
UK/dɪˈfɛndə(ɹ)/
defender noun: someone who defends people or property.
Noun
defender (plural defenders)
- Someone who defends people or property.
- One of the players whose primary task is to prevent the opposition from scoring.
- A fighter who seeks to repel an attack.
- Synonyms:
- forefighter, protector
- A lawyer who represents defendants, especially a public defender; a defense attorney (US) or defence counsel (UK).
- There was another protection to which she was intitled by that law, namely, a defender; but she had none.1822, Thomas Bayly Howell, A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors from the Earliest Period to the Year 1783, page 729
- So, what is contemplated under this model is that the defender would work with civil legal services lawyers to address the clients' needs.2007, Barry Krisberg, Susan Marchionna, Christopher Baird, Continuing the Struggle for Justice, →ISBN, page 248
- A defendant in a civil action.
defender meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
defender in Hindi
- someone who defends
- रक्षक rakṣak
defender in Tamil
- காப்புவீரர், காப்பர், அரண்வீரர்
defender in Marathi
- बचावपटू
defender in Urdu
- someone who defends
- مُحافِظ muhāfiz, مُدافِع mudāfi'
More languagesFewer languages
- defender in Bengali
- রক্ষক, সমর্থক
- defender in Telugu
- డిఫెండర్
- defender in Malayalam
- പരിപാലിക്കപ്പെട്ടവൻ, രക്ഷാപുരുഷൻ, രക്ഷകൻ, അന്യനുവേണ്ടി വാദിക്കുന്നവൻ
- defender in Kannada
- ಡಿಫೆಂಡರ್
- defender in Gujarati
- ડિફેન્ડર
- defender in Odia
- ଡିଫେଣ୍ଡର୍, ଡିଫେଣ୍ଡର
- defender in Nepali
- डिफेन्डर
- defender in Pashto
- مدافع mudāfí
- defender in Arabic
- مُدَافِع mudāfiʕ, مُنَاصِر munāṣir
- defender in Indonesian
- bek
- defender in Persian
- مدافع modâfe'
- defender in Vietnamese
- người bảo vệ, hậu vệ
Examples of defender in a sentence
- He's going to the penalty box after hacking the defender in front of the goal.
- The guard launched a desperate lob over the outstretched arms of the defender.
- With that dunk, he burned the defender and the coach's whole strategy.
Synonyms of defender
Forms of defender
| plural | defenders |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | defendor |
| alternative form (obsolete) | defendour |
Origin of defender
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.
Words formed from defender
Phrases with defender
Words that rhyme with defender
- render
- tender
- bender
- surrender
- transgender
- gender
- pretender
- descender
- engender
- ascender
- fender
- attender
24 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about defender
- What does defender mean?
- Defender means someone who defends people or property.
- What is defender in Hindi?
- Defender in Hindi is रक्षक (rakṣak). See Defender meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is defender?
- Defender is a noun.
- How do you pronounce defender?
- Defender is pronounced /dɪˈfɛndə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of defender?
- The plural of defender is defenders.
Words near defender in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: defender (page history and authors); defender (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); defender (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); defender (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); defender (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); defender (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); defender (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); defender (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); defender (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); defender (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); مدافع (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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