defender

Significat (Anglès)

  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. (rare) A lawyer who represents defendants, especially a public defender; a defense attorney (US) or defence counsel (UK).
  5. A defendant in a civil action.

Freqüència

C2
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/dɪˈfɛndə(ɹ)/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

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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