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defendour

defendour is the obsolete form of defender.

Meaning of defender

Noun

defender (plural defenders)

  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. (rare) 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
  5. (Scots law) A defendant in a civil action.

Forms of defendour

pluraldefendours

Questions about defendour

What is defendour the obsolete form of?
Defendour is the obsolete form of defender.

Words near defendour in the dictionary

  1. defending zones
  2. defendings
  3. defendism
  4. defendor
  5. defendors
  6. defendour
  7. defendours
  8. defendress
  9. defendresses
  10. defends
  11. defenestrate

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