Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who defends.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A defender.
  • noun (Law) A defender or an advocate in court; a guardian or protector.
  • noun (Eccl.) The patron of a church; an officer having charge of the temporal affairs of a church.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One who defends; a defender.
  • noun law A defender or advocate in court; a guardian or protector.
  • noun ecclesiastical The patron of a church; an officer having charge of the temporal affairs of a church.

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Examples

  • (…) Víctor Jara, un hombre comprometido, solidario, defensor de la libertad que terminó pagándolo con su propia vida.

    In Chile, A Proper Funeral for V��ctor Jara 2009

  • I am a defensor of Kyoto as the solution to rainbow effects.

    Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Consumer Emissions Trading Online 2006

  • This law, called Historic Memory, has been criticized not only by the Popular Party but also by the ex-prime minister Felipe González and Fernando Mujica, the Spanish defensor del pueblo, or ombudsman, who is also socialist.

    Free the Burmese 2007

  • De um lado temos Nicholas Negroponte, dinamizador do programa 100$ laptop e defensor do software open source e do uso criativo da tecnologia, do outro lado temos Craig Barrett, presidente da Aliança Global das Nações Unidas para as Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação e ex-chefe da Intel, defensor de pcs e portáteis convencionais a baixo custo e do uso sistemático do Office nas salas de aula.

    Leituras Artur 2007

  • Edit necesito el correo de los qeu quieran conversar sobre el dilema de la crecion evolucion, soy cristiano y acepto la literalidad del genesisi ademas de ser exponente del diseño inteligente aunqeu ellos no esten del todo familiarizados con la tierra joven si soy un total defensor del creacionismo biblico.

    Jonathan Wells knows nothing about development, part II - The Panda's Thumb 2007

  • This law, called historic memory, has been criticized not only by the Popular Party but also by the ex-prime minister Felipe Gonzalez and by Fernando Mujica, the Spanish defensor del pueblo, or ombudsman, who is also socialist.

    Mail Call: Will Google Falter? 2007

  • And even more interesting, brave and admirable Human Rights defensor, COFAVIC leader Liliana Ortega is actually on the dog house of chavismo as she has pursued human rights defense equally strongly under Chavez as she did before Chavez.

    02/26/2006 - 03/05/2006 2006

  • And even more interesting, brave and admirable Human Rights defensor, COFAVIC leader Liliana Ortega is actually on the dog house of chavismo as she has pursued human rights defense equally strongly under Chavez as she did before Chavez.

    Venezuela crazy round up of news 2006

  • Henricus Dei gratia, Rex Angli�, et Franci�, fidei defensor, ac dominus Hiberni�, Serenissimo Principi; domino Ioanni eadem gratia

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • At Rome the cause dragged on, -- there is a gap at this epoch in the reports of the Rota, and it does not appear if there was any argument either by the advocates of the 'orator' or 'oratrix', or by the defensor, -- till at last, on March 25, 1534, the Pope, in a

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

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