defender | meaning of defender in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Sportdefenderde‧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  It’s his fourth season as an Arsenal defender.2 DEFENDsomeone who defends a particular idea, belief, person etc  He presented himself as a defender of democracy.Examples from the Corpusdefender• 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.• Having blocked two attacking techniques, the defender counters with a double punch to his opponent's face.