Defender

Defender(s) or The Defender(s) may refer to:


 * Defense (military)
 * Defense (sports)
 * Defender (association football)

Film

 * The Defender (1989 film), a Canadian documentary
 * The Defender (1994 film) or The Bodyguard from Beijing
 * The Defender (2004 film), a British-German action film

Television

 * "The Defender" (Studio One), a 1957 episode of Studio One
 * The Defender (2021 TV series), a Czech crime drama television series
 * The Defenders (1961 TV series), an American courtroom drama
 * The Defenders (2010 TV series), an American legal comedy-drama
 * The Defenders (miniseries), an American Marvel TV series
 * "The Defenders" (The Defenders episode)
 * The Defenders Saga, a term used to describe the interconnected set of Marvel Netflix television series

Theatre

 * The Defenders (ballet), a 2007 ballet by William Forsythe
 * The Defender (musical), 1902 Broadway musical

Gaming

 * Defender (card player), a player who plays against the declarer
 * Defender (1981 video game)
 * Defender (2002 video game), a remake
 * Defender, a 1982 pinball table based on the 1981 video game.

Literature

 * The Chicago Defender, a Chicago-based online newspaper
 * Defender, a 2001 novel in C. J. Cherryh's Foreigner series
 * The Defender (Kalashnikoff novel), a 1951 novel by Nicholas Kalashnikoff
 * The Defender (Thwaites novel), a 1936 novel by F. J. Thwaites
 * Defenders (comics), a fictional superhero group in Marvel comic books
 * "The Defenders" (short story), a 1953 short story by Philip K. Dick

Songs

 * "Defender" (Gabriella Cilmi song), 2010
 * "Defender" (Peter Andre song), 2010
 * "The Defender", a 1982 song by Buckner & Garcia from Pac-Man Fever
 * "Defender", a 1987 song by Manowar from Fighting the World
 * "Defender", a 2012 song by As I Lay Dying from Awakened
 * "Defender", a 2020 song by August Burns Red from Guardians
 * "Defenders", a 2014 song by DragonForce from Maximum Overload

Other music

 * Defender (album), a 1987 album by Rory Gallagher

Sports

 * Defender (America's Cup), the America's Cup yacht representing the club that currently holds the Cup
 * Connecticut Defenders, a former American baseball team
 * Los Angeles D-Fenders, now the South Bay Lakers, an American basketball team
 * Defenders Football Club, formerly Sri Lanka Army SC

Aircraft

 * Britten-Norman Defender, a multi-role utility transport aircraft
 * Fletcher FD-25 Defender, a 1950s American light ground-attack aircraft
 * McDonnell Douglas MD 500 Defender, a light military helicopter

Land

 * Land Rover Defender, a British 4×4 off-road vehicle
 * Land Rover Defender (L663), from 2019

Maritime

 * Defender (1895 yacht), the 1895 America's Cup winner
 * Defender (1982 yacht), a 12-metre class yacht
 * HMS Defender, the name of several ships of the Royal Navy
 * USS Defender (MCM-2), a mine countermeasures ship of the U.S. Navy
 * Defender-class boat, a class of boat of the U.S. Coast Guard
 * Defender-class torpedo boat (1883)

Other uses

 * Defendant or defender in Scots law for civil cases
 * Defender Limited, a British Virgin Islands investment fund
 * Defender Mountain, on the American-Canadian border
 * Defenders (Ireland), a Roman Catholic agrarian secret society in 18th century Ireland
 * Windows Defender, anti-malware software