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

Defense (military) A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily Weapon, armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. Militaries are typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with their members identifiable ...

Defense (sports) In many team sports, defense (American spelling) or defence ( Commonwealth spelling) is the action of preventing an opponent from scoring. The term may also refer to the tactics involved in defense, or a sub-team whose primary responsibility is ...

Defender (association football) In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...

Arts and entertainment

Film, television, and theatre

Film

* ''The Defender'' (1989 film), a Canadian documentary * ''The Defender'' (1994 film), or ''The Bodyguard from Beijing'' * ''The Defender'' (2004 film), a British-German action film * ''The Defenders'' (2023 film), an Australian documentary about Bahraini dissenter and footballer Hakeem al-Araibi

Television

* "The Defender" (''Studio One''), a 1957 episode of ''Studio One'' * ''

The Defender (2021 TV series) ''The Defender'' () is a Czech drama television series, that premiered on Czech Television in 2021. Series also appeared at Serial Killer festival. It won Czech Film Critics' Award in category "Outside Kino." Series focuses on a teacher Aleš Pel ...

'', a Czech crime drama television series * ''The Defenders'' (1961 TV series), an American courtroom drama * ''The Defenders'' (2010 TV series), an American legal comedy-drama * ''The Defenders'' (miniseries), an American Marvel TV series * "The Defenders" (''The Defenders'' episode) ** The Defenders Saga, a term used to describe the interconnected set of Marvel Netflix television series

Theatre

* ''The Defenders'' (ballet), a 2007 ballet by William Forsythe * ''The Defender'' (musical), 1902 Broadway musical

Gaming

Defender (card player) Card players are those participating in a Card game#Hands, rounds and games, card game. Various names are given to card players based on their role or position. Position Games of Anglo-American origin In games of Anglo-American origin pla ...

, a player who plays against the declarer * ''Defender'' (1981 video game) * ''Defender'' (2002 video game), a remake * ''Defender'', a 1982

pinball Pinball games are a family of games in which a ball is propelled into a specially designed table where it bounces off various obstacles, scoring points either en route or when it comes to rest. Historically the board was studded with nails call ...

table based on the 1981 video game.

Literature

* ''

The Chicago Defender ''The Chicago Defender'' is a Chicago-based online African-American newspaper. It was founded in 1905 by Robert S. Abbott and was once considered the "most important" newspaper of its kind. Abbott's newspaper reported and campaigned against Jim ...

'', a Chicago-based online newspaper * ''Defender'', a 2001 novel in C. J. Cherryh's ''Foreigner'' series * ''The Defender'' (Kalashnikoff novel), a 1951 novel by Nicholas Kalashnikoff * ''The Defender'' (Thwaites novel), a 1936 novel by F. J. Thwaites *

Defenders (comics) The Defenders are a set of superhero groups with rotating membership appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are usually presented as a "non-team" of individualistic "outsiders" who, in their prior adventures, are known ...

, a fictional superhero group in Marvel comic books * "The Defenders" (short story), a 1953 short story by Philip K. Dick

Music

Songs

* "Defender" (Gabriella Cilmi song), 2010 * "Defender" (Peter Andre song), 2010 * "The Defender", a 1982 song by Buckner & Garcia from '' Pac-Man Fever'' * "Defender", a 1987 song by Manowar from ''

Fighting the World ''Fighting the World'' is the fifth album by the American heavy metal band Manowar, released in February 1987 by ATCO Records. This was the first Manowar album to feature artwork by long-time collaborator Ken Kelly, and also one of the earlies ...

'' * "Defender", a 2012 song by As I Lay Dying from '' Awakened'' * "Defender", a 2020 song by August Burns Red from '' Guardians'' * "Defenders", a 2014 song by DragonForce from ''

Maximum Overload ''Maximum Overload'' is the sixth studio album by British power metal band DragonForce, which was released in Europe on 18 August 2014, and in North America the next day. Trivium vocalist Matt Heafy contributed backing vocals on three songs, in ...

Other music

* ''Defender'' (album), a 1987 album by Rory Gallagher

Sports

Defender (America's Cup) The Defender in the America's Cup sailing competition is the team that holds the trophy and has been challenged by another union for the title return. Defenders See also *America's Cup * Challenger (America's Cup) *List of America's Cup ch ...

, the America's Cup yacht representing the club that currently holds the Cup *

Connecticut Defenders The Connecticut Defenders were a Minor League Baseball team based in Norwich, Connecticut. The team, which played in the Eastern League, was the Double-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants major-league club from 2003 until following the 2009 ...

, a former American baseball team *

Los Angeles D-Fenders The South Bay Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, that competes in the NBA G League. Founded in 2006 as the Los Angeles D-Fenders, the team is owned by the Los Angeles Lakers, who were the first ...

, now the South Bay Lakers, an American basketball team * Defenders Football Club, formerly Sri Lanka Army SC

Transportation

Aircraft

Britten-Norman Defender The Britten-Norman Defender is a multi-role utility transport aircraft, manufactured by Britten-Norman of the United Kingdom. It is the military version of the Britten-Norman Islander, developed for roles such as utility transport, casualty ev ...

, a multi-role utility transport aircraft *

Fletcher FD-25 Defender The Fletcher FD-25 Defender was a light ground-attack aircraft developed in the United States in the early 1950s. Design and development Designed by John Thorp, the Defender was a conventional low-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed tailwheel La ...

, a 1950s American light ground-attack aircraft *

McDonnell Douglas MD 500 Defender The McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems MD 500 Defender is a light multi-role military helicopter based on the MD Helicopters MD 500, MD 500 light utility helicopter and Hughes OH-6 Cayuse, OH-6 Cayuse Light Observation Helicopter. Design and ...

, a light military helicopter

Land

Land Rover Defender The Land Rover Defender (introduced as the Land Rover One Ten, joined in 1984 by the Land Rover Ninety, plus the extra-length Land Rover One Two Seven in 1985) is a series of British off-road cars and pick-up truck, pickup trucks. They have f ...

, a British 4×4 off-road vehicle **

Land Rover Defender (L663) The Land Rover Defender is a four-wheel-drive Off-road vehicle, off-road Luxury SUV, luxury 4x4 from British automotive company Jaguar Land Rover. The vehicle was launched on 10 September 2019 at the Frankfurt Motor Show#2019, Frankfurt Motor ...

, from 2019

Maritime

* ''Defender'' (1895 yacht), the 1895 America's Cup winner * ''Defender'' (1982 yacht), a 12-metre class yacht * , the name of several ships of the Royal Navy * USS ''Defender'' (MCM-2), a mine countermeasures ship of the U.S. Navy *

Defender-class boat The Defender-class boat, also called Response Boat–Small (RB-S) and Response Boat–Homeland Security (RB-HS), is a standard boat introduced by the United States Coast Guard in 2002. The boats serve a variety of missions, including search and ...

, a class of boat of the U.S. Coast Guard *

Defender-class torpedo boat The colonial service ''Defender''-class torpedo boats were designed by Thornycroft & Company for the defence of New Zealand, built at Chiswick in 1883 and shipped to New Zealand. They were quickly obsolete and were left to deteriorate ''in situ'' ...

(1883)

Other uses

Defendant In court proceedings, a defendant is a person or object who is the party either accused of committing a crime in criminal prosecution or against whom some type of civil relief is being sought in a civil case. Terminology varies from one juris ...

or defender in Scots law for civil cases * Defender Limited, a British Virgin Islands investment fund *

Defender Mountain Defender Mountain is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. History Defender Mountain was named in 1916 by the Interprovincial Boundary Survey after the British Royal Navy ship that took part in the B ...

, on the American-Canadian border *

Defenders (Ireland) The Defenders were a Catholic agrarian secret society in 18th-century Ireland, founded in County Armagh. Initially, they were formed as local defensive organisations opposed to the Protestant Peep o' Day Boys; however, by 1790 they had become ...

, a Roman Catholic agrarian secret society in 18th century Ireland *

Windows Defender Microsoft Defender Antivirus (formerly Windows Defender) is an antivirus software component of Microsoft Windows. It was first released as a downloadable free anti-spyware program for Windows XP and was shipped with Windows Vista and Windows 7. ...

, anti-malware software