defenser

English

Etymology

Compare French défenseur, Latin defensor. Compare defensor.

Noun

defenser (plural defensers)

Obsolete form of defender.
- 1563 March 30, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC:
  
  if I may know any of their fautors , comforters , counsellors or defensers

References

defenser in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

enserfed, fern seed, fernseed, seed fern

Latin

Verb

dēfēnser

first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dēfēnsō

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