defender

English

Alternative forms

• defendor (obsolete)
• defendour (obsolete)

Etymology

to defend + -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪˈfɛndə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)

Noun

Wikipedia defender (plural defenders)

1. Someone who defends people or property.
2. (law) A lawyer who represents defendants.
3. A fighter who repels an attack.
4. (sports) One of the players whose primary task is to prevent the opposition from scoring.

Translations

someone who defends

• Bulgarian: защитник (bg) (zaštitnik) m, бранител (bg) (branitel) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 辯護人 (cmn), 辩护人 (cmn) (biànhùrén), 防守者 (cmn) (fángshǒuzhě)

• Danish: forsvar (da) c, forsvarer (da) c
• Dutch: verdediger (nl) m, verdedigster (nl) f
• Finnish: puolustaja (fi)
• French: défenseur (fr) m
• German: Verteidiger (de) m
• Hebrew: מגן (he) (magen) m, מגנה (he) (megena) f
• Irish: cosantóir (ga) m

• Japanese: 防衛者 (ja) (ほうえいしゃ, hōeisha), 擁護者 (ja) (ようごしゃ, yōgosha)
• Norwegian: forsvareren (no)
• Polish: obrońca (pl) m
• Portuguese: defensor (pt) m
• Russian: защитник (ru) (zaščítnik) m, защитница (ru) (zaščítnica) f
• Serbo-Croatian: branitelj (sh) m, braniteljica (sh) f
• Swahili: mtetezi (sw)
• Swedish: försvarare (sv) c
• Turkish: savunucu (tr)
• Ukrainian: захисник (uk) (zaxýsnyk) m

a lawyer

• Bulgarian: защитник (bg) (zaštitnik) m
• Danish: forsvar (da) c, forsvarer (da) c
• Dutch: advocaat voor de verdediging (nl) m and f
• Finnish: puolustusasianajaja (fi), (puolustus)
• German: Verteidiger (de) m

• Russian: защитник (ru) (zaščítnik) m
• Serbo-Croatian: odvjetnik (sh) m, odvjetnica (sh) f, advokat (sh) m and f
• Swahili: mtetezi (sw)
• Swedish: försvarare (sv) c
• Vietnamese: người bào chữa (vi)

a fighter

• Danish: forsvar (da) c, forsvarer (da) c
• Dutch: verdediger (nl) m
• Finnish: puolustaja (fi)
• Russian: защитник (ru) (zaščítnik) m

• Serbo-Croatian: branitelj (sh) m, braniteljica (sh) f
• Swahili: mtetezi (sw)
• Swedish: försvarare (sv) c

sports term

• Bulgarian: защитник (bg) (zaštitnik) m
• Catalan: defensor (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 後衛 (cmn), 后卫 (cmn) (hòuwèi)

• Danish: forsvar (da) c, forsvarer (da) c
• Dutch: verdediger (nl) m, verdedigster (nl) f
• Finnish: puolustaja (fi)
• French: défenseur (fr)
• German: Verteidiger (de) m
• Hebrew: מגן (he) (magen) m, מגנה (he) (megena) f
• Icelandic: varnarmaður (is) m

• Japanese: ディフェンダー (ja) (difendā)
• Polish: obrońca (pl) m
• Romanian: fundaș (ro) m, apărător (ro) m
• Russian: защитник (ru) (zaščítnik) m
• Serbo-Croatian: branič (sh), bek (sh) m and f
• Swahili: mtetezi (sw)
• Swedish: försvarare (sv) c, back (sv) c
• Turkish: savunucu (tr)
• Ukrainian: захисник (uk) (zaxýsnyk) m

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Ladino

Etymology

From Latin dēfendō, dēfendere.

Verb

defender (Latin spelling)

1. to prohibit

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese defender, from Latin dēfendere, present active infinitive of dēfendō.

Verb

defender (first-person singular present indicative defendo, past participle defendido)

1. to defend (repel an attack)
2. to defend (represent as a legal professional)
3. (rhetoric) to defend
4. to support (to back a cause, party etc.)
5. (sports) to defend (to prevent the opponent from scoring)
6. (sports, intransitive) to play in defense
7. (higher education) to formally present a dissertation, thesis or project

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -er verb defender

Notes:

• This is a regular verb of the -er group.
• Verbs with this conjugation include: comer, mexer, temer, varrer, vender.

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	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele/ela/você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles/elas/vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	defender
Personal	defender	defenderes	defender	defendermos	defenderdes	defenderem
Gerund
	defendendo
Past participle
Masculine	defendido			defendidos
Feminine	defendida			defendidas
Indicative
Present	defendo	defendes	defende	defendemos	defendeis	defendem
Imperfect	defendia	defendias	defendia	defendíamos	defendíeis	defendiam
Preterite	defendi	defendeste	defendeu	defendemos	defendestes	defenderam
Pluperfect	defendera	defenderas	defendera	defendêramos	defendêreis	defenderam
Future	defenderei	defenderás	defenderá	defenderemos	defendereis	defenderão
Conditional	defenderia	defenderias	defenderia	defenderíamos	defenderíeis	defenderiam
Subjunctive
Present	defenda	defendas	defenda	defendamos	defendais	defendam
Imperfect	defendesse	defendesses	defendesse	defendêssemos	defendêsseis	defendessem
Future	defender	defenderes	defender	defendermos	defenderdes	defenderem
Imperative
Affirmative	defenda	defende	defenda	defendamos	defendei	defendam
Negative (não)	defenda	defendas	defenda	defendamos	defendais	defendam

Synonyms

• (to repel an attack): defensar (archaic), proteger
• (to back a cause): ser a favor de

Related terms

defesa defensão defensar defensável defensiva

defensível defensivo defensor defensoria defensório

defendedor defendente defendido defendimento defendível

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dēfendere, present active infinitive of dēfendō.

Verb

defender (first-person singular present defiendo, first-person singular preterite defendí, past participle defendido)

1. to defend (contra, de - against, from)
2. to prohibit

Conjugation

    Conjugation of defender (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

Rule: e becomes ie in stressed syllables.

infinitive			defender
gerund			defendiendo
past participle			defendido
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	defiendo	defiendes	defiende	defendemos	defendéis	defienden
	imperfect	defendía	defendías	defendía	defendíamos	defendíais	defendían
	preterite	defendí	defendiste	defendió	defendimos	defendisteis	defendieron
	future	defenderé	defenderás	defenderá	defenderemos	defenderéis	defenderán
	conditional	defendería	defenderías	defendería	defenderíamos	defenderíais	defenderían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	defienda	defiendas	defienda	defendamos	defendáis	defiendan
	imperfect (ra)	defendiera	defendieras	defendiera	defendiéramos	defendierais	defendieran
	imperfect (se)	defendiese	defendieses	defendiese	defendiésemos	defendieseis	defendiesen
	future	defendiere	defendieres	defendiere	defendiéremos	defendiereis	defendieren
imperative		—	tú	usted	nosotros	vosotros	ustedes
	affirmative		defiende	defienda	defendamos	defended	defiendan
	negative		no defiendas	no defienda	no defendamos	no defendáis	no defiendan

Other verbs with this conjugation:

[+] Spanish verbs ending in -er (conjugation e-ie)

Synonyms

• proteger
• prohibir

Related terms

• defendedor, defenderora
• defensa
• defensiva
• defensivo