Meaning

5 senses
  1. Someone who defends people or property.

    Verteidiger, Verteidigerin

    защи́тникzaščítnik, защи́тницаzaščítnica

    захисни́кzaxysnýk, захисни́цяzaxysnýcja

    a person who cares for persons or property

  2. One of the players whose primary task is to prevent the opposition from scoring.

    Verteidiger

    защи́тникzaščítnik

    захисни́кzaxysnýk

  3. A fighter who seeks to repel an attack.

    защи́тникzaščítnik

    a fighter who holds out against attack

  4. (rare)A lawyer who represents defendants, especially a public defender; a defense attorney (US) or defence counsel (UK).

  5. A defendant in a civil action.

Examples

44 sentences
  1. The defender talked about his impressions after the match.

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  2. Tom is a public defender.

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  3. They're the defenders of the city.

    Вони захисники міста.

    ruОни защитники города.

    deSie sind die Beschützer der Stadt.

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  4. Mary is a tireless defender of the rights of indigenous communities.

    Мері - невтомна захисниця прав корінних громад.

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  5. Sami is his daughter's biggest defender.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
By meaning 1
someone who defends:
Deutsch
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someone who defends:

Origin

From Middle English defender, deffender, defendere, defendour, defendoure, partly from Ang

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.

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Forms

plural: defenders
Singulardefender
Pluraldefenders

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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