αμυντωρ, formed of the verb ἀμύνομαι, I defend, or avenges, properly denotes a person who defends or vindicates a cause. In this sense, Mr Toland intitles his defence of Milton's life, Amyntor, as being a vindication of that work against Mr Blackhall and others, who had charged him with questioning the authority of some of the books of the New Testament, and declaring his doubt that several pieces under the name of Christ and his apostles, received now by the whole Christian church, were supposititious.