defender

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /dɪˈfɛndə(ɹ)/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone who defends people or property.
  2. One of the players whose primary task is to prevent the opposition from scoring.
  3. A fighter who seeks to repel an attack.
  4. A lawyer who represents defendants, especially a public defender; a defense attorney (US) or defence counsel (UK). rare
    — There was another protection to which she was intitled by that law, namely, a defender; but she had none.
  5. A defendant in a civil action.

词形变化

defenders plural defendor alternative,obsolete defendour alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
defenderless defendership defendress ear defender key defender

词源

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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