defender
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
defend/dɪˈfend/
▶verb
- 1 resist an attack on; protect from harm.
- 2 conduct the case for (the party being accused or sued) in a lawsuit.
- 3 attempt to justify.
- 4 compete to retain (a title or seat).
- 5 (in sport) protect one's goal or wicket rather than attempt to score against one's opponents.
– derivatives
defendable adjective,
defender noun.
defendable adjective,
defender noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. defendre, from L. defendere, from de- ‘off’ + -fendere ‘to strike’.
'defender' also found in these Oxford entries:
centre back
- champion
- corner
- defend
- DF
- echo
- FD
- Fid. Def.
- guardian
- left back
- libero
- patron
- penalty area
- penalty killer
- public defender
- right back
- skin
