English

Alternative forms

• defensour (obsolete)

Noun

defensor ‎(plural defensors)

1. One who defends; a defender.

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2. (law) A defender or advocate in court; a guardian or protector.
3. (ecclesiastical) The patron of a church; an officer having charge of the temporal affairs of a church.

References

• defensor in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Catalan

Noun

defensor m ‎(plural defensors)

1. defender

Ido

Verb

defensor

1. future infinitive of defensar

Latin

Etymology

From dēfendō ‎(“I defend”) +‎ -sor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈfen.sor/, [deːˈfẽː.sɔr]

Noun

dēfēnsor m ‎(genitive dēfēnsōris); third declension

1. One who defends

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• dēfēnsor cīvitātis

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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to drive the defenders from the walls: murum nudare defensoribus
    

Portuguese

Noun

defensor m (plural defensores, feminine defensora, feminine plural defensoras)

1. defender (someone or something which defends)
2. advocate (person who speaks in support of something)
3. (law) defender (a lawyer)

Related terms

• defender
• defensável
• defensão
• defesa

Spanish

Adjective

defensor m ‎(feminine singular defensora, masculine plural defensores, feminine plural defensoras)

1. defending

Noun

defensor m ‎(plural defensores, feminine defensora)

1. defender
2. advocate