† forfightern.
Obsolete. rare.
A defender.
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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xix. 20 He shal sende to them a saueour, and a forfiȝtere [L. propugnatorem], that delyuere them.
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