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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Maecenas, abettor, admirer, advocate, aficionado, angel, apologete, apologist, apologizer, backer, buff, champion, dependence, encourager, endorser, exponent, fan, favorer, friend at court, guard, justifier, lover, mainstay, maintainer, paladin, paranymph, partisan, patron, patroness, pillar, pleader, promoter, proponent, protagonist, protector, protectress, reliance, rock, safekeeper, second, seconder, sectary, sider, sponsor, stalwart, standby, successful advocate, support, supporter, sustainer, sympathizer, tower, tower of strength, upholder, vindicator, votary, well-wisher, whitewasher
Dictionary Results for defender:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
defender
    n 1: a person who cares for persons or property [syn:
         defender, guardian, protector, shielder]
    2: a fighter who holds out against attack [syn: defender,
       withstander]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Defender \De*fend"er\ (d[-e]*f[e^]nd"[~e]r), n. [Cf. Fender.]
   One who defends; one who maintains, supports, protects, or
   vindicates; a champion; an advocate; a vindicator.
   [1913 Webster]

         Provinces . . . left without their ancient and puissant
         defenders.                               --Motley.
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3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
DEFENDER, canon law. The name by which the defendant or respondent is known 
in the ecclesiastical courts.
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