"defenceman" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From defence + -man.",
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      "form": "defencemen",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "en:People",
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            "Fundamental"
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      "glosses": [
        "In ice hockey and lacrosse, a player position with a primary responsibility to prevent the opposing team from scoring goals; same as defender in many other ballgames."
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      "links": [
        [
          "ice hockey",
          "ice hockey"
        ],
        [
          "lacrosse",
          "lacrosse"
        ],
        [
          "defender",
          "defender"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "defender in ice hockey and lacrosse",
          "word": "puolustaja"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "defender in ice hockey and lacrosse",
          "word": "pakki"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "defender in ice hockey and lacrosse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "défenseur"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zaščítnik",
          "sense": "defender in ice hockey and lacrosse",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "защи́тник"
        },
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "defender in ice hockey and lacrosse",
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          "word": "back"
        }
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  "word": "defenceman"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From defence + -man.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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          "ice hockey",
          "ice hockey"
        ],
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          "lacrosse",
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        ],
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          "defender",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "defender in ice hockey and lacrosse",
      "word": "puolustaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "defender in ice hockey and lacrosse",
      "word": "pakki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "defender in ice hockey and lacrosse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "défenseur"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaščítnik",
      "sense": "defender in ice hockey and lacrosse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "защи́тник"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "defender in ice hockey and lacrosse",
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        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "back"
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  "word": "defenceman"
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