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Thompson Chain Reference
• Defender of the Weak
Dictionaries
Charles Buck Dictionary
• Defender of the Faith
King James Dictionary
• Defending
• Defended
• Defend
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Tie, Defender of the
• Faith, Defender of the
• Defender of the Tie
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Defend
Webster Dictionary
• Defending
• Defender
• Defended
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Defendant
• Defender of the Faith
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Defender of the Faith
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Defender of the Faith
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Defender of the Matrimonial Tie
Lexicons
• ܢܦ݂ܰܩ
• ἀμύνομαι
• ἀπολογέομαι
• גָּנַן
• דּוֹן דוּּן, , דִּין
• יָשַׁע ישַׁע, , מוֹשִׁיעַ
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in law, a person against whom proceedings are instituted or directed; one who is called upon to answer in any suit. At one time the term "defendant" had a narrower meaning, that of a person sued in a personal action only, the corresponding term in a real action being "tenant," but the distinction is now practically disregarded, except in a few states of the United States.