dēfēnsor ōris, m defendo, an averter, protector against: necis: calamitatum.

—A defender, protector, advocate: quem defensorem paro, T.: tribuni defensores mei: illius, H.: culpae, apologist, Iu.: iuris: causae: oppidum vacuum ab defensoribus, without a garrison, Cs.: muros defensoribus nudare, L.

— Fig., of things, plur, the guards (sublicae) of a bridge, Cs.: nec defensoribus istis Tempus eget (sc. telis), V.