defender

Word family  noun defence/defense defendant defender defensiveness adjective defenceless/defenseless defensible ≠ indefensible defensive verb defend adverb defensibly ≠ indefensibly defensively

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de·fend·er /dɪˈfendə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun [countable]  1  DSone of the players in a game such as football who has to defend their team’s goal from the opposing team 防守队员，后卫 It’s his fourth season as an Arsenal defender. 这是他成为阿森纳队后卫之后踢的第四个赛季。2  DEFENDsomeone who defends a particular idea, belief, person etc 捍卫者，保护者 He presented himself as a defender of democracy. 他以民主捍卫者的姿态出现。

Examples from the Corpus

defender• Using his crossover dribble to create space between him and a defender and then sticking a 3-pointer.• The 24-year-old central defender was carried off at Tranmere Rovers on Friday night when his knee locked.• But his defenders note that the current excavation of the tunnel was initiated by the Labor government.• There are two responses that defenders of the behavioural approach might make to this argument.• Three sailors were killed nevertheless by the defenders.• Having blocked two attacking techniques, the defender counters with a double punch to his opponent's face.

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defender
de‧fend‧er /dɪˈfendə $ -ər/ noun [countable]1. one of the players in a game such as football who have to defend their team’s goal from the opposing team:
    It’s his fourth season as an Arsenal defender.
2. someone who defends a particular idea, belief, person etc:
    He presented himself as a defender of democracy.

de·fend·erBrE /dɪˈfendə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /dɪˈfendər/ 🔊 nouna player who must stop the other team from scoring in games such as football (soccer), hockey, etc. 防守队员；后卫a person who defends and believes in protecting sth 守卫者；保护人；防御者◆a passionate defender of human rights热诚的人权卫士