Patriots, rebels, etc... Well, that's what they were referred to as.
Sometimes people must fend for themselves.
Fend is no longer used very much, but here are two places you might see it (it generally means to ward off, to repel, to keep something away from oneself): Because he no longer has his big brother to protect him, I guess he will have to fend for himself. Although we tried to enjoy the picnic, we had to fend off a lot of hungry mosquitos.
Battle of Britain
Battle of Britain
The present tense of "fend" is "fends." For example, "He fends off criticism."
Because they cannot fend for them selves ------------------- wiki it
I/you/we/they fend. He/she/it fends.
They are Altricial as they cannot fend for themselves straight away :)
Fend off, mate!
Peter Fend was born in 1950.
Fritz Fend died in 2000.
Fritz Fend was born in 1920.