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defender

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Someone who defends people or property. 2 (context legal English) A lawyer who represents defendants. 3 A fighter who repels an attack. 4 (context sports English) One of the players whose primary task is to prevent the opposition from scoring.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
In the sport of association football , a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposing team from scoring goals. There are four types of defenders: centre-back, sweeper, full-back, and wing-back. The centre-back and full-back ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a passionate defender of sth ▪ The actress is a vocal and passionate defender of women's rights. public defender COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE central ▪ He is following in his father's footsteps as a central defender ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Defender \De*fend"er\ (d[-e]*f[e^]nd"[~e]r), n. [Cf. Fender .] One who defends; one who maintains, supports, protects, or vindicates; a champion; an advocate; a vindicator. Provinces . . . left without their ancient and puissant defenders. --Motley.

Usage examples of defender.

When they at last halted and recommenced their flights of shafts, those loosed by the defenders at the men laboring on the abattis slackened perceptibly.

Then, retaining only fifty men as a guard to the battery, the midshipmen ordered the rest of the defenders of the abattis to move forward among the trees on the flanks of the Russians, keeping up a constant fire, until they joined the main body in their attack on the Russian rear.

Besides, John suspected that all this was but a diversion, whilst other Thompsons rounded up as many of the Aberdeen animals as they could before the main body of the defenders came up.

The Hawks, Clarks, Fieldings and other defenders of Aberdeen scrambled up bareback in excited attempt to pursue the thieves.

It had survived the reforming zeal of bluff King Hal, erstwhile Defender of the Faith, because, whatever Arca might have been, she was most assuredly not a papal protegee, and also because the parish priest of that period was prompt to obey the royal edict.

Robotic defenders targeted the falling atomics, exploding them in the air and dispersing clouds of radioactive shrapnel.

During the same reign a controversy developed between Chinese Buddhist adherents of the rapid path of Buddhahood and Indian defenders of the classical Mahayana or bodhisattva progression by stages.

They bombarded Iwo vigorously on 16 and 17 February, evoking no reply from the defenders until seven LCI gunboats, advancing in line abreast to cover the underwater demolition teams, drew a torrent of gunfire.

Also, Boolean has been outspoken for years in his contempt for the Akhbreed way and consistently a defender of colonials, as if they were capable of governing themselves.

The attackers battered holes in the defence and both sides knew when the breaches were practical, but the advantage was all with the defenders.

Bonesteel arranged his men in an arch to dig their heels in and hold, while wagons of wounded were trundled across the stone bridgeway, the vehicles scavenged from the abandoned redoubt after its former defenders had been disarmed and released.

The Calamarian defenders stepped to the side, clearing a path for Furgan--all except for Terpfen.

Eustache, Cartier, a young man of nineteen, was lowered from a window at night, crawled along to the Cache, then under range of fire, and brought back a bag of cartridges strapped round his waist, to replenish the exhausted ammunition of the defenders of the Chateau.

Until the Pine Lake Band of Chippewa had pointed out that the state had Defender 139 no jurisdiction over their treaty rights.

Either way, Gideon realized that the fate of the Pine Lake Defender 243 Chippewa lay exactly where it always had--in the hands of the Chippewa people themselves and with Chimaunido.