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noun a person who cares for persons or property
noun a fighter who holds out against attack
originFrom 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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