Term: public defender: a lawyer who represents indigent defendants at public expense
Candidate hypernym: lawyer: a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice → 1
Candidate hypernym: wetland: a low area where the land is saturated with water → 0
Candidate hypernym: horizontal stabilizer: the horizontal airfoil of an aircraft's tail assembly that is fixed and to which the elevator is hinged → 0
Candidate hypernym: reinterpretation: a new or different interpretation → 0
Candidate hypernym: territory: an area of knowledge or interest → 0
Candidate hypernym: aliphatic compound: organic compound that is an alkane or alkene or alkyne or their derivative → 0
Candidate hypernym: ship: a vessel that carries passengers or freight → 0
Candidate hypernym: crab-eating dog: wild dog of northern South America → 0
Candidate hypernym: orchidectomy: surgical removal of one or both testicles → 0
Candidate hypernym: torpedo: a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface → 0
Candidate hypernym: speculation: a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence) → 0