defensor noun.
[dɪ'fɛnsǝ] LME.[Anglo-Norman defensour, Old French defensëor (mod. -eur) from Latin defensor, from defens-: see DEFENSIBLE, -OR.]1. A defender.
LME-L17.2. Roman History. In the later period of the empire, a provincial magistrate whose duty was to afford protection against oppression by a governor.
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