defensor

== English == === Alternative forms === defensour (obsolete) === Etymology === From Latin dēfēnsor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dɪˈfɛnsə(ɹ)/ === Noun === defensor (plural defensors) one who defends; a defender (law) a defender or advocate in court; a guardian or protector (ecclesiastical) the patron of a church; an officer having charge of the temporal affairs of a church ==== Derived terms ==== ==== References ==== William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “defensor”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === fore-ends, foresend == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin dēfēnsōrem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [də.fənˈsu] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [də.fənˈso] IPA(key): (Valencia) [de.fenˈsoɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [de.fenˈso] === Adjective === defensor (feminine defensora, masculine plural defensors, feminine plural defensores) defending === Noun === defensor m (plural defensors, feminine defensora, feminine plural defensores) defender (law) defense attorney ==== Related terms ==== defendre === Further reading === “defensor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “defensor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “defensor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “defensor”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Galician == === Etymology === From Latin dēfēnsor. === Noun === defensor m (plural defensores, feminine defensora, feminine plural defensoras) defender ==== Related terms ==== defender === Further reading === “defensor”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 “defensor”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “defensor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “defensor”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “defensor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “defensor”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Ido == === Verb === defensor future infinitive of defensar == Latin == === Etymology === From dēfendō (“to defend”) + -tor. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːˈfẽː.sɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [deˈfɛn.sor] === Noun === dēfēnsor m (genitive dēfēnsōris, feminine dēfēnstrīx or dēfēnsātrīx); third declension one who defends Synonyms: vindex, cū̆stōs, praeses, appāritor ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “defensor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “defensor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "defensor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. == Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin dēfēnsor. === Pronunciation === === Noun === defensor m (plural defensores, feminine defensora, feminine plural defensoras) defender (someone or something which defends) advocate (person who speaks in support of something) (law) defender (a lawyer) ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “defensor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “defensor”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026 “defensor” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913 “defensor”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “defensor”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “defensor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French défenseur, from Latin defensor. === Noun === defensor m (plural defensori) (law) defender ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin dēfēnsor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /defenˈsoɾ/ [d̪e.fẽnˈsoɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: de‧fen‧sor === Adjective === defensor (feminine defensora, masculine plural defensores, feminine plural defensoras) defending ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === defensor m (plural defensores, feminine defensora, feminine plural defensoras) defender advocate === Further reading === “defensor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025