Defender(s) or The Defender(s) may refer to: * Defense (military) * Defense (sports) ** Defender (association football)

Arts and entertainment

Film, television, and theatre

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 * '' The Defenders (2023 film)'', an Australian documentary film about saving Bahraini dissenter and footballer

Hakeem al-Araibi Hakeem al-Araibi ( ar, حكيم العريبي; born 7 November 1993) is an Australian footballer of Bahraini descent who currently plays for St Albans Saints in NPL Victoria. He is a dissident, who fled to Australia in 2014 and subsequently ...

from imprisonment

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

Music

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 Awaken or Awakened may refer to: Film and television * ''Awakened'' (film), a 2013 American thriller by Joycelyn Engle and Arno Malarone * ''The Awakened'', a 2009 film featuring Richard Kiel * ''Awoken'' (film), a 2019 Australian horror film ...

'' * "Defender", a 2020 song by August Burns Red from '' Guardians'' * "Defenders", a 2014 song by DragonForce from ''

Maximum Overload ''Maximum Overload'' is the sixth studio album by British power metal band DragonForce, which was released in Europe on 18 August 2014, and in North America the next day. Trivium vocalist Matt Heafy contributed backing vocals on three songs, in ...

Other music

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

Sports

Defender (America's Cup) The Defender in the America's Cup sailing competition is the team that holds the trophy and has been challenged by another union for the title return. Defenders See also * America's Cup *Challenger (America's Cup) The Challenger in the A ...

, the America's Cup yacht representing the club that currently holds the Cup * Connecticut Defenders, a former American baseball team *

Los Angeles D-Fenders LOS, or Los, or LoS may refer to: Science and technology * Length of stay, the duration of a single episode of hospitalisation * Level of service, a measure used by traffic engineers * Level of significance, a measure of statistical significance ...

, now the South Bay Lakers, an American basketball team * Defenders Football Club, formerly Sri Lanka Army SC

Transportation

Aircraft

* Britten-Norman Defender, a multi-role utility transport aircraft *

Fletcher FD-25 Defender The Fletcher FD-25 Defender was a light ground-attack aircraft developed in the United States in the early 1950s. Design and development Designed by John Thorp, the Defender was a conventional low-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed tailwheel un ...

, 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) The Land Rover Defender is a four-wheel-drive off-road SUV from British automotive company Jaguar Land Rover. The car was launched on 10 September 2019 at the Frankfurt Motor Show. It is significant for being the first all-new version of the Def ...

, from 2019

Maritime

* ''Defender'' (1895 yacht), the 1895 America's Cup winner * ''Defender'' (1982 yacht), a 12-metre class yacht * , 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 The colonial service ''Defender''-class torpedo boats were designed by Thornycroft & Company for the defence of New Zealand, built at Chiswick in 1883 and shipped to New Zealand. They were quickly obsolete and were left to deteriorate ''in situ'' ...

(1883)

Other uses

Defendant In court proceedings, a defendant is a person or object who is the party either accused of committing a crime in criminal prosecution or against whom some type of civil relief is being sought in a civil case. Terminology varies from one jurisdic ...

or defender in Scots law for civil cases *

Defender Limited Defender Limited is an investment fund. It was incorporated in the British Virgin Islands in 2007. Defender funneled clients' funds to Bernard Madoff's firm as part of a Ponzi scheme run by Madoff. Madoff was arrested in December 2008, and pleaded ...

, 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