defender

défenseur

Joueur dont le rôle principal est d’empêcher l’équipe adverse de marquer.

En anglais simple : A player whose main job is to stop the other team from scoring.

• She's our best defender.
• The striker ran past two defenders.
• Their central defender blocked the shot.

Contraires : attacker

Expressions courantes : central defender, a good defender, beat a defender

défenseur, protecteur

Personne qui protège des gens ou des biens contre les attaques ou les dommages.

En anglais simple : Someone who protects people or property against attack or harm.

• The city's defenders held the gate.
• He became a defender of workers' rights.
• The castle had only twenty defenders left.

Comment l'utiliser : a defender of someone/something (She was a determined defender of vulnerable children.)

Synonymes : protector, guardian

Contraires : attacker

Expressions courantes : brave defender, defender of someone, defender of rights