The Collaborative International Dictionary
Defensor \De*fen"sor\, n. [L. See Defenser.]
A defender.
--Fabyan.(Law) A defender or an advocate in court; a guardian or protector.
(Eccl.) The patron of a church; an officer having charge of the temporal affairs of a church.
Wiktionary
alt. 1 One who defends; a defender. 2 (context legal English) A defender or advocate in court; a guardian or protector. 3 (context ecclesiastical English) The patron of a church; an officer having charge of the temporal affairs of a church. n. 1 One who defends; a defender. 2 (context legal English) A defender or advocate in court; a guardian or protector. 3 (context ecclesiastical English) The patron of a church; an officer having charge of the temporal affairs of a church.
Wikipedia
Defensor, the Latin word from which Defender and its equivalents in various languages stem, may refer to:
Usage examples of "defensor".
It was addressed to Serenissimo Domino Nostro lohanni Quarto, Dci Gratia, Angliae, Franciae, Scotiae, Hiberniae, Novae Angliae et Novae Franciae, Rex, Imperatore, Fidei Defensor, .
In Italy the young communes were continually sending away their defensors or domini, fighting those who refused to go.
And under the new defensors, whether laic or clerical, the citizens conquered full self-jurisdiction and self-administration for their folkmotes.
Sanctus Camberus, Defensor Hominum, Regis Creator, the legend read on the altar front.
It was addressed to Serenissimo Domino Nostro Iohanni Quarto, Dei Gratia, Angliae, Franciae, Scotiae, Hiberniae, Novae Angliae et Novae Franciae, Rex, Imperatore, Fidei Defensor, .