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De*fen"sor (?), n. [L. See Defenser.]
1.
A defender.
Fabyan.
2. Law
A defender or an advocate in court; a guardian or protector.
3. Eccl.
The patron of a church; an officer having charge of the temporal affairs of a church.
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