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9 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
originFrom Middle English defendaunt (“defending; defending in a suit”), borrowed from Old French defendant, present participle of defendre, from Latin dēfendere.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- defend 11
- fended 11
- deafen 10
- defeat 10
- fanned 10
- faded 10
- defat 9
- fated 9
- feted 9
- deaden 8
- deaned 8
- denned 8