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Defensor [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A defender.

2. A defender or an advocate in court; a guardian or protector.

3. The patron of a church; an officer having charge of the temporal affairs of a church.

Defensory [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Tending to defend; defensive; as, defensory preparations.