When people mention this word, an associative series immediately starts. The last one is for everyone. Someone sees a lawyer in an expensive suit, but with high, like his fee, moral principles. The other is Robin Hood. What unites a lawyer and Robin Hood? That's right, these are the defenders, each in his own area. In the course of considering the meaning of the word, we will need other examples.
Meaning
As a rule, in everyday life, when we say the word "protector", we immediately think of sports. The information that there are other defenders who do not play football and do not drive the puck on the ice is gradually washed out of consciousness by abundant streams. However, whether we remember them or not, they are there. And most importantly, that the noun is in the explanatory dictionary, which we will immediately open and see the meaning of the word "protector":
- The one who protects, guards, protects something.
- Same as lawyer.
- Defensive player.
It cannot be said that the spectrum of meaningconcept surprises us, everything is known. It remains to choose memorable images.
Batman as a protector of the weak and disadvantaged
The first meaning is suitable as an illustration of the hero whose name has already been mentioned. Of course, we are talking about Robin Hood. He helped the poor and robbed the rich. If you look at more recent examples from our superhero present, you could use any of the valiant Hollywood characters, but Batman comes to mind. By the way, Bruce Wayne is probably one of the few millionaires who really does something for ordinary citizens.
But we, fans of comics, know that this has its reasons: Bruce is getting rid of his old, childhood complexes, and if there was no tragedy in his life, if he had not lost his parents, Gotham would not have such an important protector. We think everyone understands this. The Joker and other villains would be bored.
The meaning of the word "lawyer" and the second meaning of the object of study
To uncover the second meaning of “defender”, we will have to again disturb the explanatory dictionary and discover what is the meaning of the definition of “lawyer”: “a lawyer who is entrusted with providing legal assistance to citizens and organizations, including the protection of someone interests in court. We think that few people until today were interested in the lexical meaning of the word "lawyer", but now the reader has it. The meaning of the noun was shared with us by the explanatory dictionary, and the images for us are supplied by"dream factory", that is, Hollywood.
Of course, there are unscrupulous lawyers on the screen, but we would like to believe in the best. Therefore, the hit parade of those who deserve to be called a defender will consist of goodies:
- Lieutenant Daniel Caffey. Film A Few Good Men (1992).
- Jake Tyler Brigens. Film "A Time to Kill" (1996).
- Arthur Kirkland. Film "Justice for All" (1979).
Of course, we could tell why the people on our modest list are true defenders, but we won't. Why spoil the reader's enjoyment of future viewing or revision? In addition, later you can argue with us in absentia about the fairness of the hit parade.
Defender in sports
Naturally, there are a lot of variations on this score. A person can play football or hockey. And everyone here has their favorites. In football, it could be Carles Puyol or Sergio Ramos. And you can’t help but remember Fabio Cannavaro, who was the best football player in the world in 2006. For defenders, this is rare, usually the Golden Ball is given to attackers or midfielders. And recently, in general, Ronaldo and Messi share this award among themselves. Football in this sense loses intrigue.
Hockey has its heroes. We had an excellent defender Sergei Gonchar. Of the Canadians, Paul Coffey is remembered, “just like a drink, only the letters are different.” In hockey, by the way, defenders are valued slightly higher than in football. And in football, the aestheticization of the game of defense has become fashionable relatively recently. However, enough about sports, it's time to move on to the semantic replacements of the object of study.
Synonyms
After the semantic content of the noun "protector" is no longer a secret with seven seals, you can move on to those words that can replace it if necessary. Let's take a look at the resulting list:
- lawyer;
- player;
- wrestler;
- guard;
- guardian;
- patron;
- protector;
- zealot;
- champion;
- apologist.
We hope the reader will forgive us for some repetition. But if he looks closely, he will understand: most of the synonyms for the word "protector" have not yet been mentioned here.
After the object of study is similarly considered, there is only one thing left to say: be more defenders and less often attackers, and life will become a little better.
