Defender

A defender is usually a participant in defense (military) or defense (sports).

Defender(s) or The Defender(s) may refer to:

Art and entertainment

Film and television

• The Defender (1988 film), a Canadian documentary film directed by Stephen Low
• The Defender (1994 film) or The Bodyguard from Beijing, a film starring Jet Li
• The Defender (2004 film), a film starring Dolph Lundgren
• The Defenders (1961 TV series), an American courtroom drama
• Di-Gata Defenders, a 2006 animated series
• The Defenders (2010 TV series), an American legal comedy-drama
• "The Defender", an episode of the American anthology TV series Westinghouse Studio One

Literature

• Defenders (comics), several superhero groups and comic book series in the Marvel Comics universe
• "The Defenders" (short story), a 1953 short story by Philip K. Dick
• Defender (novel), a 2001 novel set in C. J. Cherryh's Foreigner universe
• The Defender (novel), a 1951 children's novel by Nicholas Kalashnikoff

Music

• Defender (album), a 1987 album by Rory Gallagher
• "Defender" (Gabriella Cilmi song)
• "Defender" (Peter Andre song)
• "Defender" (Manowar song), a song on Manowar's 1987 album Fighting the World
• "The Defender", a song on Buckner & Garcia's 1982 album Pac-Man Fever
• The Defender (musical), a 1902 musical

Dance

• The Defenders (ballet), 2007 ballet by William Forsythe

Video games and software

• Defender (video game), a 1980 arcade game
• Defender/Joust, a 1998 game for Game Boy Color
• Windows Defender, an anti-spyware technology

Legal terms

• Defendant, in Scots law for civil cases
• Public defender, in American law

Places and people

• Defender, California, U.S., a former settlement
• Defenders (Ireland), a Roman Catholic agrarian secret society in 18th century Ireland

Sports

• Defender (association football), a position in association football
• Connecticut Defenders, a former minor league baseball team
• Los Angeles D-Fenders, an American NBA Development League basketball team
• Defender (1895 yacht), the 1895 America's Cup winner
• Defender (1982 yacht), 12-metre class yacht
• Defender, in the America's Cup match races, the yacht representing the club that currently holds the Cup

Vehicles

• Britten-Norman Defender, a twin-engine light aircraft
• HMS Defender, at least eight ships of the Royal Navy
• Land Rover Defender, a 4×4 off-road vehicle
• MD 500 Defender, a light military helicopter
• Fletcher FD-25 Defender, a small counter-insurgency aircraft

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with defender
• All pages with titles containing defender
• Defenceman (ice hockey)
• Defender of the Crown, a 1986 computer game
• Defendor, a 2009 Canadian film
• Defense (disambiguation)
• Defensor (disambiguation)
• Fidei defensor (Defender of the faith)
• Protector (disambiguation)