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Synonyms
custodian, guard, guardian, guardian angel, protection, protector
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14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Middle English defendour, defender, borrowed from Anglo-French defendour, defendur, from defend-, stem of defendre "to defend" + -our, -ur -or entry 1
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