Defender synonyms

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protector
The title held by Oliver Cromwell (1653-58) and his son Richard (1658-59), during the British Protectorate
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champion
Someone who fights on another's behalf.
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pleader
A person, such as an advocate, who pleads.
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asserter
One who makes an assertion.
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sponsor
A senior member of a twelve step or similar program assigned to a guide a new initiate and form a partnership with him
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guardian (related)
(Video games) A major or final enemy; boss.
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striker (related)
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winger (related)
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full-back (related)
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fullback (related)
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supporter
(Sports) Someone who attends a sports match.
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advocate
A person who speaks in support of something. [from 18th c.]
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defendant
The definition of a defendant is a person being sued or accused of a crime.
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upholder
Someone who upholds something
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vindicator
A person who vindicates
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shielder
Agent noun of shield: one who shields.
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withstander
A person who withstands or resists; an opponent
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goalkeeper (related)
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midfielder (related)
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centre-forward (related)
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goalie (related)
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flanker (related)
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centre-back (related)
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centre-half (related)
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right-winger (related)
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left-back (related)
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playmaker (related)
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patron
(UK, ecclestiastical) One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
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left-winger (related)
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Defender Sentence Examples

  • He was a vehement defender of Mary Stuart.

  • As the defender of democracy he had frequently to face serious dangers.

  • Settled soon after the close of the War of Independence, the township of Barre (pop. in 1900, 334 6) was organized in 1793 and named in honour of Isaac Barre (1726-1802), a defender of American rights in the British parliament.

  • The orthodox faith also, whose strong representative and defender had hitherto been the caliph, was shaken by the fact that Yazid III.

  • He followed up his success by entering Dauphine, where he took possession of Embrun and Gap. After another campaign, which was uneventful, the further prosecution of the war was abandoned owing to the defection of the duke of Savoy from the coalition, and Prince Eugene returned to Vienna, where he soon afterwards received the command of the army in Hungary, on the recommendation of the veteran count Riidiger von Starhemberg, the defender of Vienna in 1683.

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