Defender and Hero

Defender

Defender noun - Someone that protects.

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

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

Hero noun - Someone who fights for a cause.

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Defender and hero are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defender" instead a noun "Hero".

Nearby Words: heroic, heroine, heroism, heroically

human	human defender	human hero
better	better defender	better hero
original	original defender	original hero
fake	fake defender	fake hero
Other adjectives: noble, true, powerful, real, great, black, main, young, capable, idealistic, former, lone, classic, next, last, greatest, said, local, previous.

Clark Kent is presented as a working-class hero and a defender of the common man rather than an iron-jawed lawman, he's regarded with fear and suspicion by most authority figures, and he spends most of the movie feeling like an outsider.

Source: Revisiting the Roots
But never fear, for humanity is under the stalwart protection of the parody hero of Space Operas and serials, known as Captain Space, Defender Of Earth!

Source: Captain Space, Defender of Earth!
One major category of folk hero is the defender of the common people against the oppression or corruption of the established power structure.

Source: Folk Hero

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