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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• defender:
      1. 1. dēfensor (the most gen. term): the d. of right and liberty, juris et libertatis d., Cic.: Caes.
      2. 2. prōpugnātor (a stronger and more expressive word): a place abandoned by its d.s, a propugnatoribus relictus locus, Caes. Fig.: the d. of a crime, sceleris pr., Just.: v. champion.
      3. 3. patrōnus (in court): v. patron, advocate.
      4. 4. praeses, ĭdis, m.: v. guardian. (Or expr. by imperf. part. of defendo, tueor, &c.: v. L. G. § 638.)
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• DEFENDER
defensor (one who wards off hostile attacks): propugnator (the champion, who with arms in his hand, defends anything): cf., assertor only Quintilian, and Suet.: tutor (the defender who takes anything under his protection): patronus (the patron, who defends the rights of his clients): the defender or advocate in a court of law; [Vid: ADVOCATE]: to have anybody for one’s defender, esse in alicujus tutela; esse in alicujus tutela et fide; esse in alicujus clientela.