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Defender vs Propugner - What's the difference?

defender | propugner |

As nouns the difference between defender and propugner

is that defender is someone who defends people or property while propugner is (archaic) a defender; a vindicator.

defender

English

Alternative forms

* defendor (obsolete) * defendour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who defends people or property.
  • (legal) A lawyer who represents defendants.
  • A fighter who repels an attack.
  • (sports) One of the players whose primary task is to prevent the opposition from scoring.

    • propugner

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A defender; a vindicator.
  • * Government of the Tongue
    • Zealous propugners .
    (Webster 1913) ----