Defender

Defender

Defender, meaning 'who/which defends', may refer to:

In entertainment:
* "Defender" (video game), a 1980s arcade game
* "Defender" (album), a 1987 album by Rory Gallagher
* "Defender" (novel), a 2001 science fiction novel in the Foreigner Universe of C. J. Cherryh
* "The Defender", a Dolph Lundgren film
* "The Defenders" (disambiguation), several works of fiction

In sports:
* Defender (association football), an association football position of defence
* Connecticut Defenders, Double-A Affiliate of the San Francisco Giants
* Los Angeles D-Fenders, a Los Angeles NBA Development League team

In vehicles:
* Land Rover Defender, a 4x4 off-road vehicle
* MD 500 Defender, a light military helicopter
* Fletcher FD-25 Defender, a small counter-insurgency aircraft
* "Defender" (yacht), the 1895 America's Cup winner
* HMS "Defender", a name used by 8 Royal Navy ships since 1797

Defender may also refer to:
* A public defender in American law
* A defendant in a case under Scottish law
* Defenders (Ireland), a militant peasant secret society in the 18th century Ireland, who were involved in the 1798 rebellion
* Windows Defender, an antispyware technology by Microsoft

See also

* Defender of the faith
* Defender of the Crown
* Defense in sports
* Defensor
* Defendant
* Defenceman (ice hockey)
* Protector


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  • Defender — (engl. für Verteidiger) steht für: den Land Rover Defender, einen Geländewagen das Luftschiff Defender von Goodyear aus dem Jahr 1929 das Segelschiff Defender, gebaut von Nathanael Herreshoff, Sieger im America’s Cup 1895 das Arcade Spiel… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Defender — Defender: Defender  песня американской хеви метал группы Manowar, записанная в 1982 году при участии Орсона Уэллса Defender  легкий тактический военно транспортный самолет Defender  шведская пауэр метал группа Defender … …   Википедия

  • defender — verbo transitivo,prnl. 1. Proporcionar (una persona o una cosa) protección [a una persona], [a un animal] o a [una cosa] frente a [una cosa peligrosa o perjudicial …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • defender — de·fend·er n: a lawyer who represents defendants; esp: public defender Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. defender …   Law dictionary

  • defender — Se conjuga como: entender Infinitivo: Gerundio: Participio: defender defendiendo defendido     Indicativo   presente imperfecto pretérito futuro condicional yo tú él, ella, Ud. nosotros vosotros ellos, ellas, Uds. defiendo defiendes defiende… …   Wordreference Spanish Conjugations Dictionary

  • defender — de defender das intempéries …   Dicionario dos verbos portugueses

  • Defender — De*fend er (d[ e]*f[e^]nd [ e]r), n. [Cf. {Fender}.] One who defends; one who maintains, supports, protects, or vindicates; a champion; an advocate; a vindicator. [1913 Webster] Provinces . . . left without their ancient and puissant defenders.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • defender — defender(se) 1. ‘Proteger(se) de un daño’. Verbo irregular: se conjuga como entender (→ apéndice 1, n.º 31). 2. Además del complemento directo, lleva habitualmente otro complemento introducido por de o contra: «¿Juras defenderla de sus enemigos?» …   Diccionario panhispánico de dudas

  • defender — c.1300 (early 13c. as a surname), via Anglo French, from O.Fr. defendeor, agent noun from defendre (see DEFEND (Cf. defend)). The Latin word in this sense was defensor …   Etymology dictionary

  • defender — |ê| v. tr. 1. Tomar a defesa de. 2. Oferecer proteção. = PROTEGER 3. Proporcionar abrigo a. = RESGUARDAR 4. Desculpar. 5. Patrocinar. 6. Proibir, interditar. • v. pron. 7. Opor o esforço próprio ao ataque alheio. 8. Repelir uma agressão, um… …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

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