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Ward :: Ward (n.) To defend; to protect.

Shelter :: Shelter (n.) One who protects; a guardian; a defender.

Liquidator :: Liquidator (n.) An officer appointed to conduct the winding up of a company, to bring and defend actions and suits in its name, and to do all necessary acts on behalf of the company..

Safeguard :: Safeguard (n.) One who, or that which, defends or protects; defense; protection..

Enshield :: Enshield (v. t.) To defend, as with a shield; to shield..

Cognizor :: Cognizor (n.) One who acknowledged the right of the plaintiff or cognizee in a fine; the defendant.

Quadrilateral :: Quadrilateral (n.) An area defended by four fortresses supporting each other; as, the Venetian quadrilateral, comprising Mantua, Peschiera, Verona, and Legnano..

Respond :: Respond (v. i.) To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages..

Propugner :: Propugner (n.) A defender; a vindicator.

Hyperaspist :: Hyperaspist (n.) One who holds a shield over another; hence, a defender..

Mole :: Mole (n.) A mound or massive work formed of masonry or large stones, etc., laid in the sea, often extended either in a right line or an arc of a circle before a port which it serves to defend from the violence of the waves, thus protecting ships in a harbor; also, sometimes, the harbor itself..

Sufficient :: Sufficient (a.) Equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent; as, provision sufficient for the family; an army sufficient to defend the country..

Muniment :: Muniment (n.) The act of supporting or defending.

Protect :: Protect (v. t.) To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children..

Defence :: Defence (n.) The act of defending, or the state of being defended; protection, as from violence or danger..

Defensible :: Defensible (a.) Capable of being defended; as, a defensible city, or a defensible cause..

Defendable :: Defendable (a.) Capable of being defended; defensible.

Blockhouse :: Blockhouse (n.) An edifice or structure of heavy timbers or logs for military defense, having its sides loopholed for musketry, and often an upper story projecting over the lower, or so placed upon it as to have its sides make an angle wit the sides of the lower story, thus enabling the defenders to fire downward, and in all directions; -- formerly much used in America and Germany..

Loyalist :: Loyalist (n.) A person who adheres to his sovereign or to the lawful authority; especially, one who maintains his allegiance to his prince or government, and defends his cause in times of revolt or revolution..

Embankment :: Embankment (n.) The act of surrounding or defending with a bank.

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