defensor
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Noun edit
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
References edit
- “defensor”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin dēfēnsōrem.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
defensor (feminine defensora, masculine plural defensors, feminine plural defensores)
Noun edit
defensor m (plural defensors, feminine defensora)
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Further reading edit
- “defensor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “defensor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “defensor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “defensor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
defensor m (plural defensores, feminine defensora, feminine plural defensoras)
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Further reading edit
- “defensor” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Ido edit
Verb edit
defensor
- future infinitive of defensar
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From dēfendō (“I defend”) + -tor.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈfen.sor/, [d̪eːˈfẽːs̠ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈfen.sor/, [d̪eˈfɛnsor]
Noun edit
dēfēnsor m (genitive dēfēnsōris, feminine dēfēnstrīx or dēfēnsātrīx); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | dēfēnsor | dēfēnsōrēs |
Genitive | dēfēnsōris | dēfēnsōrum |
Dative | dēfēnsōrī | dēfēnsōribus |
Accusative | dēfēnsōrem | dēfēnsōrēs |
Ablative | dēfēnsōre | dēfēnsōribus |
Vocative | dēfēnsor | dēfēnsōrēs |
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References edit
- “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 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.
- to drive the defenders from the walls: murum nudare defensoribus
- to drive the defenders from the walls: murum nudare defensoribus
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin dēfēnsor.
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Noun edit
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)
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French défenseur, from Latin defensor.
Noun edit
defensor m (plural defensori)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) defensor | defensorul | (niște) defensori | defensorii |
genitive/dative | (unui) defensor | defensorului | (unor) defensori | defensorilor |
vocative | defensorule | defensorilor |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /defenˈsoɾ/ [d̪e.fẽnˈsoɾ]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: de‧fen‧sor
Adjective edit
defensor (feminine defensora, masculine plural defensores, feminine plural defensoras)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
defensor m (plural defensores, feminine defensora, feminine plural defensoras)
Further reading edit
- “defensor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014