Defender and Fighter

Defender

Defender noun - A fighter who holds out against attack.

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Fighter and defender are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fighter" instead a noun "Defender".

Nearby Words: defend, defence, defended, defensive, defending

Fighter noun - Someone who fights for a cause.

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Defender and fighter are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defender" instead a noun "Fighter".

Nearby Words: fight, fighting

human	human defender	human fighter
best	best defender	best fighter
better	better defender	better fighter
complete	complete defender	complete fighter
Other adjectives: original, true, heavy, brilliant, effective, powerful, real, big, great, bad, main, young, capable, heroic, former, last, greatest, fearsome, frontline, strongest.

Aribeth is a legendary fighter and defender of the realm.

Source: Overrated And Underleveled
Rangers specialize in chain-combos, nasty debuffs, stealth, and stunlocking enemies, and is quite the formidable foe in PVP, but unlike the Fighter, he cannot AOE and isn't as durable as the Fighter or Defender and so has to take opponents on one at a time.

Source: Video Game / Shaiya
Then again, it can't possibly outmaneuever a fighter anyway, so its pilot probably figured that straight and level flight at least meant you, the defender, would know where it is.

Source: Escort Mission

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