defender

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman defendour, from Old French defendeor

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈfɛndə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)

Noun

defender (plural defenders)

  1. Someone who defends people or property.
  2. (sports) One of the players whose primary task is to prevent the opposition from scoring.
  3. A fighter who repels an attack.
  4. (law) A public defender (not used alone, only as an abbreviated reference to "public defender" after this term has been used)
  5. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (law, rare) A lawyer who represents defendants.
  6. (Scotland, law) A defendant in a civil action.

Translations

Anagrams

Interlingua

Verb

defender

  1. to defend

Conjugation

Ladino

Etymology

From Latin dēfendō, dēfendere.

Verb

defender (Latin spelling)

  1. to prohibit

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese defender, from Latin dēfendere, present active infinitive of dēfendō.

Pronunciation

Verb

defender (first-person singular present indicative defendo, past participle defendido)

  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. (sports) to defend (to prevent the opponent from scoring)
  6. (sports, intransitive) to play in defense
  7. (higher education) to formally present a dissertation, thesis or project

Conjugation

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:defender.

Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dēfendere, present active infinitive of dēfendō.

Verb

defender (first-person singular present defiendo, first-person singular preterite defendí, past participle defendido)

  1. to defend (contra, de - against, from)
  2. to prohibit
  3. to claim

Conjugation

  • Rule: e becomes ie in stressed syllables.
    Conjugation of defender (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
infinitive defender
gerund defendiendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular defendido defendida
plural defendidos defendidas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present defiendo defiendestú
defendésvos		 defiende defendemos defendéis defienden
imperfect defendía defendías defendía defendíamos defendíais defendían
preterite defendí defendiste defendió defendimos defendisteis defendieron
future defenderé defenderás defenderá defenderemos defenderéis defenderán
conditional defendería defenderías defendería defenderíamos defenderíais defenderían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present defienda defiendas defienda defendamos defendáis defiendan
imperfect
(ra)		 defendiera defendieras defendiera defendiéramos defendierais defendieran
imperfect
(se)		 defendiese defendieses defendiese defendiésemos defendieseis defendiesen
future1 defendiere defendieres defendiere defendiéremos defendiereis defendieren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative defiendetú
defendévos		 defienda defendamos defended defiendan
negative no defiendas no defienda no defendamos no defendáis no defiendan
  • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.

Other verbs with this conjugation:

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        Selected combined forms of defenderedit data

    These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    with infinitive defender
    dative defenderme defenderte defenderle, defenderse defendernos defenderos defenderles, defenderse
    accusative defenderme defenderte defenderlo, defenderla, defenderse defendernos defenderos defenderlos, defenderlas, defenderse
    with gerund defendiendo
    dative defendiéndome defendiéndote defendiéndole, defendiéndose defendiéndonos defendiéndoos defendiéndoles, defendiéndose
    accusative defendiéndome defendiéndote defendiéndolo, defendiéndola, defendiéndose defendiéndonos defendiéndoos defendiéndolos, defendiéndolas, defendiéndose
    with informal second-person singular imperative defiende
    dative defiéndeme defiéndete defiéndele defiéndenos not used defiéndeles
    accusative defiéndeme defiéndete defiéndelo, defiéndela defiéndenos not used defiéndelos, defiéndelas
    with formal second-person singular imperative defienda
    dative defiéndame not used defiéndale, defiéndase defiéndanos not used defiéndales
    accusative defiéndame not used defiéndalo, defiéndala, defiéndase defiéndanos not used defiéndalos, defiéndalas
    with first-person plural imperative defendamos
    dative not used defendámoste defendámosle defendámonos defendámoos defendámosles
    accusative not used defendámoste defendámoslo, defendámosla defendámonos defendámoos defendámoslos, defendámoslas
    with informal second-person plural imperative defended
    dative defendedme not used defendedle defendednos defendeos defendedles
    accusative defendedme not used defendedlo, defendedla defendednos defendeos defendedlos, defendedlas
    with formal second-person plural imperative defiendan
    dative defiéndanme not used defiéndanle defiéndannos not used defiéndanles, defiéndanse
    accusative defiéndanme not used defiéndanlo, defiéndanla defiéndannos not used defiéndanlos, defiéndanlas, defiéndanse

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