Defensor
- proper noun
- Marsilius of Padua in his Defensor Pacis (1.8)
- Miriam Defensor
- Defensor Santiago
Examples
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As a devoted fan, he never misses a game where Defensor competes at home.
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The other woman in the race, Miriam Defensor Santiago, showed that a reform candidate could be a viable contender.
Academic text (1992) -
The other non-traditional candidate, and perhaps a foretaste of something to come, was the second woman in the presidential race, Miriam Defensor Santiago.
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Yet still, the hungry were fed and the persecuted found generous sanctuary through the effort of a great Roman pope, Pius XII, whom the people had acclaimed as the Defensor Civitatis.
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In the final match, Defensor triumphed over their rivals to win the championship.
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The Uruguayan football club Defensor Sporting has a rich history in national tournaments.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Defensor comes from the Spanish word defensor, built on the Latin root defendere meaning 'to protect' or 'to drive away'. So a team called Defensor is like the English words defend and defense, a group that protects its goal and tries to stop the other side.
