Definition of DEFENDER

defender

Meanings

Plural: defenders

Noun

  • a person who cares for persons or property
  • a fighter who holds out against attack
  • 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.
  • A lawyer who represents defendants, especially a public defender; a defense attorney (US) or defence counsel (UK).
  • A defendant in a civil action.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Scrabble Score: 13

defender is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
defender is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
defender is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

defender is a valid Words With Friends word