Kilo Lingo

el

masculine

/defenˈsoɾ/

Line drawing of defensor
Coloured illustration of defensor
#3949 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

defender, advocate

Word origin

From Latin defensor ('protector, defender'), from defendere ('to ward off, protect').

Origin
Latin
Root
defensor
English cognates
defender, defence

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluraldefensores

Examples

.

He is a firm defender of human rights.

.

The defender blocked the ball before the goal.

¿ ?

Who will be the advocate for the accused?

.

He was always a defender of the weakest.

gran .

The town remembers him as its great defender.

Add to review queue

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

Go to my review queue

This word is part of lesson 79.