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defensory

defensory adjective: tending to defend; defensive.

Adjective

defensory (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Tending to defend; defensive.
    • defensory preparations

Noun

defensory (plural defensories)

  1. (archaic) That which defends.

Forms of defensory

pluraldefensories

Origin of defensory

From Latin defensorius.

Questions about defensory

What does defensory mean?
Defensory means tending to defend; defensive.
What part of speech is defensory?
Defensory can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near defensory in the dictionary

  1. defensomes
  2. defensor
  3. defensories
  4. defensors
  5. defensorship
  6. defensory
  7. defensour
  8. defensours
  9. Defeo
  10. Defeos
  11. defer

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