Synonyms for defender

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dih-fend

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfɛnd

Définition of defender

Origin : c.1300 (early 13c. as a surname), via Anglo-French, from Old French defendeor, agent noun from defendre (see defend). The Latin word in this sense was defensor.

noun champion

Example sentences :

Can you, who are a defender of the faith, and so forth, assist me?
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Even Serena, defender of the dances of the ancient Greeks, looked shocked.
Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln

His sympathy had been always with the oppressed, and he had now become their defender.
Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine

He is the defender of her rights in his home, and the avenger of her wrongs everywhere.
Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various

At any moment the men might return and force her into the rôle of defender.
Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland

With such a champion for our defender what cause could there be for fear?
Extract from : « Anecdotes & Incidents of the Deaf and Dumb » by W. R. Roe

In Gulfport, Mississippi, a man was regarded "intelligent" if he read the Defender.
Extract from : « Negro Migration during the War » by Emmett J. Scott

It was on his protection, then, that she leant; she looked on him as her defender.
Extract from : « The Nebuly Coat » by John Meade Falkner

It will be perceived that Evans had in Sheener not only a disciple; he had an advocate and a defender.
Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various

The innovators had every defender of the mos maiorum for an adversary.
Extract from : « The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism » by Franz Cumont

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