"Someone who attracts a lot of criticism, sometimes as a way of protecting someone else."
McMillan.
"Resistance against attack, protection. Something that defends, especially a fortification. The defending of a cause or the like by speech, argument, etc in vindication. A defendants denial or pleading in answer to a claim or charge. The proceedings adopted by a defendant, or his or her legal agents, for defending a charge. A plan or system of defending."
Macquarie.
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