defender

Meaning

1. to defend (repel an attack)
2. to defend (represent as a legal professional)
3. (rhetoric) to defend
4. to support (to back a cause, party etc.)
5. to defend (to prevent the opponent from scoring)
6. (intransitive) to play in defense
7. to formally present a dissertation, thesis or project

Pronounced as (IPA)

/de.fẽˈde(ʁ)/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese defender, from Latin dēfendere.