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Added 9 October 2026

defender

/dɪˈfɛndə(ɹ)/ noun

In Latin: dēfensor, tutor Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about defender at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Someone who defends people or property.
One of the players whose primary task is to prevent the opposition from scoring.
A fighter who seeks to repel an attack.

Origin

From Middle English defender, deffender, defendere, defendour, defendoure, partly from Anglo-Norman defendour, from Old French defendëor; partly from Middle English defenden + -ere, equivalent to defend + -er.

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