defender
Someone who defends people or property.
Noun 4 meanings
Someone who defends people or property.
One of the players whose primary task is to prevent the opposition from scoring.
A fighter who seeks to repel an attack.
A defendant in a civil action.
Etymology
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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DEFENDER at a glance
DEFENDER has 8 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (D 2 + E 1 + F 4 + E 1 + N 1 + D 2 + E 1 + R 1) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,857 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with defender
All rhymes- UNDER6
- ORDER6
- CONSIDER11
- LEADER7
- WONDER10
- OLDER6
- MURDER9
- BORDER9
- GENDER8
- HARDER10
- COMMANDER16
- SHOULDER12
One letter away
- DEFENDED14
- DEGENDER11
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