defender

English

Alternative forms

• defendor, defendour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman defendour, from Old French defendeor

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈfɛndə(ɹ)/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)

Noun

defender (plural defenders)

1. someone who defends people or property
2. (sports) one of the players whose primary task is to prevent the opposition from scoring
3. a fighter who seeks to repel an attack
4. (law, rare) a lawyer who represents defendants, especially a public defender; a defense attorney (US) or defence counsel (UK)
   • 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:

     There was another protection to which she was intitled by that law, namely, a defender; but she had none.

   • 2007, Barry Krisberg, ‎Susan Marchionna, ‎& Christopher Baird, Continuing the Struggle for Justice, →ISBN, page 248:

     So, what is contemplated under this model is that the defender would work with civil legal services lawyers to address the clients' needs.

   • 2010, Henry L. Hecht, Effective Depositions, →ISBN, page 243:

     It puts you at the head of the table, at a right angle to the witness; the court reporter sits to your right, and the defender sits on the witness's far side.

5. (Scotland, law) a defendant in a civil action

Translations

someone who defends

• Armenian: պաշտպան (hy) (paštpan)
• Belarusian: абаро́нца m (abarónca)
• Bulgarian: защи́тник (bg) m (zaštítnik), брани́тел (bg) m (branítel)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: obránce (cs) m
• Danish: forsvar c, forsvarer c
• Dutch: verdediger (nl) m, verdedigster (nl) f
• Estonian: kaitsja
• Finnish: puolustaja (fi)
• French: défenseur (fr) m, défenseuse (fr) f
• Georgian: დამცველი (damcveli), მცველი (mcveli)
• German: Verteidiger (de) m, Verteidigerin (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: παραστάτης m (parastátēs)

• Hebrew: מָגֵן (he) m (magén), מגנה f (megena)
• Hungarian: védő (hu)
• Irish: cosantóir m
• Italian: difensore (it) m
• Japanese: 防衛者 (ほうえいしゃ, hōeisha), 擁護者 (ja) (ようごしゃ, yōgosha)
• Korean: 방어자 (bang'eoja), 방위자 (bang'wija)
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• Latin: dēfensor m, tutor m
• Macedonian: бранител m (branitel)
• Maori: kaiwawao
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forsvarer m

• Polish: obrońca (pl) m
• Portuguese: defensor (pt) m
• Russian: защи́тник (ru) m (zaščítnik), защи́тница (ru) f (zaščítnica)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бра̀нитељ m, бранитѐљица f

  Roman: brànitelj (sh) m, branitèljica (sh) f

• Slovak: obranca m
• Slovene: branilec (sl) m
• Swahili: mtetezi (sw)
• Swedish: försvarare (sv) c
• Turkish: savunucu (tr)
• Ukrainian: захисни́к m (zaxysnýk), захисни́ця f (zaxysnýcja)
• Uzbek: himoyachi (uz)
• Vietnamese: người bảo vệ (vi)

a fighter

• Czech: obránce (cs) m
• Danish: forsvar c, forsvarer c
• Dutch: verdediger (nl) m
• Finnish: puolustaja (fi)
• Portuguese: defensor (pt) m
• Russian: защи́тник (ru) m (zaščítnik)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бра̀нитељ m, бранитѐљица f

  Roman: brànitelj (sh) m, branitèljica (sh) f

• Swahili: mtetezi (sw)
• Swedish: försvarare (sv) c

sports term

• Albanian: mbrojtës (sq) m
• Arabic: مُدَافِع m (mudāfiʕ)
• Armenian: պաշտպան (hy) (paštpan)
• Bulgarian: защи́тник (bg) m (zaštítnik)
• Catalan: defensor (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 後衛／后卫 (zh) (hòuwèi), 后卫 (zh) (hòuwèi)

• Czech: obránce (cs) m
• Danish: forsvar c, forsvarer c
• Dutch: verdediger (nl) m, verdedigster (nl) f
• Finnish: puolustaja (fi)
• French: défenseur (fr)
• German: Verteidiger (de) m
• Hebrew: מָגֵן (he) m (magén), מגנה f (megena)
• Hungarian: hátvéd (hu)
• Icelandic: varnarmaður m
• Indonesian: bek (id)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: difensore (it) m
• Japanese: ディフェンダー (difendā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forsvarer m, forsvarsspiller m

  Nynorsk: forsvarsspelar m

• Polish: obrońca (pl) m
• Portuguese: zagueiro (pt) m, beque (pt) m
• Romanian: fundaș (ro) m, apărător (ro) m
• Russian: защи́тник (ru) m (zaščítnik)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бра̀нӣч m, бе̏к m or f

  Roman: brànīč (sh), bȅk (sh) m or f

• Slovak: obranca m
• Swahili: mtetezi (sw)
• Swedish: försvarare (sv) c, back (sv) c
• Turkish: savunucu (tr)
• Ukrainian: захисни́к m (zaxysnýk)

public defender — see public defender

Anagrams

• fendered, redefend

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Interlingua

Verb

defender

1. to defend

Conjugation

    Conjugation of defender

infinitive		defender
participle		present	perfect
		defendente	defendite
active		simple	perfect
	present	defende	ha defendite
	past	defendeva	habeva defendite
	future	defendera	habera defendite
	conditional	defenderea	haberea defendite
	imperative	defende
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es defendite	ha essite defendite
	past	esseva defendite	habeva essite defendite
	future	essera defendite	habera essite defendite
	conditional	esserea defendite	haberea essite defendite
	imperative	sia defendite

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Ladino

Etymology

From Latin dēfendō, dēfendere.

Verb

1. to prohibit

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɨ.fẽ.ˈdeɾ/
• IPA^(key): /de.fẽ.ˈde(ʁ)/

Verb

1. to defend (repel an attack)

   Synonyms: (archaic) defensar, proteger

2. to defend (represent as a legal professional)
3. (rhetoric) to defend
4. to support (to back a cause, party etc.)

   Synonym: ser a favor de

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
8. Template:pt-verb-form-of

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:defender.

Related terms

• defendedor
• defendente
• defendido
• defendimento
• defendível
• defensão
• defensar
• defensável
• defensiva
• defensível
• defensivo
• defensor
• defensoria
• defensório
• defesa

 

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dēfendere, present active infinitive of dēfendō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /defenˈdeɾ/ [d̪e.fẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]

Verb

1. to defend (contra (“against”), de (“from”))
2. to prohibit
3. to claim

Synonyms

• proteger
• prohibir

Related terms

• defendedor, defenderora
• defensa
• defensiva
• defensivo