Defender

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 about Bahraini dissenter and footballer Hakeem al-Araibi

Television

• The Defender (2021 TV series), a Czech crime drama 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 Saga, a term used to describe the interconnected set of Marvel Netflix television series
• "Defender" (FBI: Most Wanted), a 2020 episode
• "The Defenders" (The Defenders episode)
• "The Defender" (Studio One), a 1957 episode

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

• Defender (album), a 1987 album by Rory Gallagher
• "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

Sports

• A member of the defense (sports)
  • Defender (association football)
• Defender (America's Cup), the America's Cup yacht representing the club that currently holds the Cup
• Defender (1895 yacht), the 1895 America's Cup winner
• Defender (1982 yacht), a yacht which competed in the 1983 America's 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

Military

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

Naval and Coast Guard vessels

• , 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)

Transportation

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

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