When people mention this word, an associative series is launched immediately. And the last one is different. Someone seems to find a lawyer in an expensive suit, but with high moral principles, like his fee. The other is Robin Hood. What unites the lawyer and Robin Hood? That's right, these are defenders, each in their own field. In examining the meaning of the word, we will need other examples.
Meaning
As a rule, in everyday life, when we pronounce the word “defender,” we immediately think about sports. Information is gradually being washed out from consciousness that there are other defenders who do not play football and do not drive the puck on ice. However, we remember them or not, but they are. And most importantly, the noun is in the explanatory dictionary, which we will immediately open and see the meaning of the word “defender”:
- The one who protects, protects, protects someone else.
- Same as a lawyer.
- Defense player.
It cannot be said that the spectrum of the meaning of the concept surprises us; everything is known. It remains to pick up catchy images.
Batman as a defender of the weak and disadvantaged
The first value is suitable as an illustration of a hero whose name has already been mentioned. Of course, we are talking about Robin Hood. It was he who helped the poor and robbed the rich. If we turn to more recent examples from our superhero present, then you can take any of the valiant Hollywood characters, but Batman comes to mind. By the way, Bruce Wayne, perhaps one of the few millionaires who really does something for ordinary citizens.
But we, comic book lovers, know that this has its own reasons: Bruce is getting rid of its old, children's complexes, and if there hadn't been a tragedy in his life, had he not lost his parents, Gotham would not have had such an important defender. We think that everyone understands this. The Joker and the other villains would be bored living.
The meaning of the word "lawyer" and the second meaning of the object of study
In order to reveal the second meaning of “defense counsel,” we will again have to worry about the explanatory dictionary and discover for ourselves what is the meaning of the definition of “lawyer”: “a lawyer who is entrusted with providing legal assistance to citizens and organizations, including protecting someone’s interests in court”. We think that few people until today were interested in the lexical meaning of the word “lawyer”, but now the reader has it. An explanatory dictionary shared with us the meaning of the noun, and the images are supplied by the "dream factory", that is, Hollywood.
Of course, there are unscrupulous lawyers on the screen, but we would like to believe in the best. Therefore, the hit parade of those who deserve to be called a defender will consist of goodies:
- Lt. Daniel Caffey. The film "A few good guys" (1992).
- Jake Tyler Brigens. The film "Time to Kill" (1996).
- Arthur Kirkland. The film "Justice for All" (1979).
Of course, we could tell why the people on our humble list are real defenders, but we won’t. Why spoil the reader the pleasure of future viewing or revision? In addition, then we can argue in absentia with us about the fairness of the hit parade.
Defender in sports
Naturally, there are a lot of variations on this score. A person can play soccer or hockey. And everyone here has their own favorites. In football, it can be Carles Puyol or Sergio Ramos. And you can not help but recall Fabio Cannavaro, who was the best football player in the world in 2006. For defenders, this is rare, usually the “Golden Ball” is given to attackers or midfielders. And recently, in general, Ronaldo and Messi share this award among themselves. Football in this sense is losing intrigue.
Hockey has its own heroes. We had a great defender Sergey Gonchar. Of the Canadians, Paul Coffey is recalled, "just like a drink, only the letters are different." In hockey, by the way, defenders are valued slightly higher than in football. And in football, the aestheticization of the game in defense has become fashionable relatively recently. However, enough about sports, it is time to move on to the semantic replacements of the object of study.
Synonyms
After the semantic content of the noun “protector” is no longer a mystery behind seven seals, you can go on to those words that can replace it if necessary. View the resulting list:
- lawyer;
- player;
- fighter;
- security guard;
- guardian;
- patron;
- defender
- zealot;
- advocate;
- apologist.
We hope the reader will forgive us for some repetition. But if he looks carefully, he will understand: most of the synonyms for the word “defender” have not been mentioned here yet.
After the object of study has been similarly examined, there is only one thing left to say: more often be defenders and less often attackers, and life will become a little better.