Hyphenation of defender

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word defender? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

de-fend-er

Definitions of defender:

1.	A person who cares for persons or property
2.	A fighter who holds out against attack

Synonyms of defender:

noun	guardian, protector, shielder, preserver
noun	withstander, combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.