<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!--XBRL Document Created with Wdesk from Workiva-->
<!--Copyright 2022 Workiva-->
<!--r:8bd1ed03-4728-423e-87af-235f81c1750b,g:bab8d57e-501b-4d5c-9a30-f6db92867b6a-->
<link:linkbase xmlns:link="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xbrldt="http://xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase http://www.xbrl.org/2003/xbrl-linkbase-2003-12-31.xsd">
  <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#all"/>
  <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#hypercube-dimension"/>
  <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#dimension-default"/>
  <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#dimension-domain"/>
  <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#domain-member"/>
  <link:roleRef roleURI="http://www.digitalbridge.com/role/DocumentandEntityInformationDocument" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="dbrg-20220804.xsd#DocumentandEntityInformationDocument"/>
  <link:definitionLink xlink:role="http://www.digitalbridge.com/role/DocumentandEntityInformationDocument" xlink:type="extended" id="i24089d30115644f5a155622b39666fa6_DocumentandEntityInformationDocument">
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_03e79a46-28c9-4155-b667-0fbfb7069f38" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_EntityInformationLineItems"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_DocumentType_7bab1eb9-ef70-431a-b7df-cad955256a5d" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_DocumentType"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_03e79a46-28c9-4155-b667-0fbfb7069f38" xlink:to="loc_dei_DocumentType_7bab1eb9-ef70-431a-b7df-cad955256a5d" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate_bcbd8cdc-4f98-4369-85b6-bfb656da1d10" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_03e79a46-28c9-4155-b667-0fbfb7069f38" xlink:to="loc_dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate_bcbd8cdc-4f98-4369-85b6-bfb656da1d10" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityRegistrantName_60bc4283-d3c2-47a2-8462-cb8d4391a3eb" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_EntityRegistrantName"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_03e79a46-28c9-4155-b667-0fbfb7069f38" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityRegistrantName_60bc4283-d3c2-47a2-8462-cb8d4391a3eb" xlink:type="arc" order="2"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode_7854c9cb-4a17-41bf-8f9f-47f945c1c2f1" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_03e79a46-28c9-4155-b667-0fbfb7069f38" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode_7854c9cb-4a17-41bf-8f9f-47f945c1c2f1" xlink:type="arc" order="3"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityFileNumber_f2fba39e-9024-4c08-98b2-4a3714c30d1c" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_EntityFileNumber"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_03e79a46-28c9-4155-b667-0fbfb7069f38" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityFileNumber_f2fba39e-9024-4c08-98b2-4a3714c30d1c" xlink:type="arc" order="4"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber_547ee2ae-bda4-4a30-b7f7-b6bdc062af36" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_03e79a46-28c9-4155-b667-0fbfb7069f38" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber_547ee2ae-bda4-4a30-b7f7-b6bdc062af36" xlink:type="arc" order="5"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1_fe525da0-5b34-4881-9a1b-b6af29e4d953" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_03e79a46-28c9-4155-b667-0fbfb7069f38" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1_fe525da0-5b34-4881-9a1b-b6af29e4d953" xlink:type="arc" order="6"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityAddressAddressLine2_22213ac4-c3f1-4682-aeeb-f378013f4f84" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_EntityAddressAddressLine2"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_03e79a46-28c9-4155-b667-0fbfb7069f38" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityAddressAddressLine2_22213ac4-c3f1-4682-aeeb-f378013f4f84" xlink:type="arc" order="7"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown_7bbe1fcd-3cd2-45a7-99b7-7f7d43743072" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_03e79a46-28c9-4155-b667-0fbfb7069f38" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown_7bbe1fcd-3cd2-45a7-99b7-7f7d43743072" xlink:type="arc" order="8"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince_0341dd16-7b9c-4d91-b542-75185cc82fc2" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_03e79a46-28c9-4155-b667-0fbfb7069f38" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince_0341dd16-7b9c-4d91-b542-75185cc82fc2" xlink:type="arc" order="9"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode_ea5ea0a6-c7c1-4d9f-ab72-e8b45d26b5a6" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_03e79a46-28c9-4155-b667-0fbfb7069f38" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode_ea5ea0a6-c7c1-4d9f-ab72-e8b45d26b5a6" xlink:type="arc" order="10"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_CityAreaCode_1e7e1ac7-902e-4e2b-814e-d3365e139e17" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_CityAreaCode"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_03e79a46-28c9-4155-b667-0fbfb7069f38" xlink:to="loc_dei_CityAreaCode_1e7e1ac7-902e-4e2b-814e-d3365e139e17" xlink:type="arc" order="11"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_LocalPhoneNumber_228d0fb3-2d43-4bb9-a4ae-3f7f0a4c7784" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_LocalPhoneNumber"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_03e79a46-28c9-4155-b667-0fbfb7069f38" xlink:to="loc_dei_LocalPhoneNumber_228d0fb3-2d43-4bb9-a4ae-3f7f0a4c7784" xlink:type="arc" order="12"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_WrittenCommunications_69388e83-26d5-4c44-8b38-f53bdeafb11a" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_WrittenCommunications"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_03e79a46-28c9-4155-b667-0fbfb7069f38" xlink:to="loc_dei_WrittenCommunications_69388e83-26d5-4c44-8b38-f53bdeafb11a" xlink:type="arc" order="13"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_SolicitingMaterial_497c6e25-4b99-4f84-8796-278498d2cd61" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_SolicitingMaterial"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_03e79a46-28c9-4155-b667-0fbfb7069f38" xlink:to="loc_dei_SolicitingMaterial_497c6e25-4b99-4f84-8796-278498d2cd61" xlink:type="arc" order="14"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer_06093283-01aa-4f10-b389-f72ea0f8573c" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_03e79a46-28c9-4155-b667-0fbfb7069f38" xlink:to="loc_dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer_06093283-01aa-4f10-b389-f72ea0f8573c" xlink:type="arc" order="15"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer_b0d3136f-5e6d-46a3-85d6-2910a757f255" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_03e79a46-28c9-4155-b667-0fbfb7069f38" xlink:to="loc_dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer_b0d3136f-5e6d-46a3-85d6-2910a757f255" xlink:type="arc" order="16"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_Security12bTitle_4b963203-03b8-40ab-9788-47dc2a27145f" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_Security12bTitle"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_03e79a46-28c9-4155-b667-0fbfb7069f38" xlink:to="loc_dei_Security12bTitle_4b963203-03b8-40ab-9788-47dc2a27145f" xlink:type="arc" order="17"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_TradingSymbol_d9fe9615-6499-40a0-bbe2-837d0bef8e45" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_TradingSymbol"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_03e79a46-28c9-4155-b667-0fbfb7069f38" xlink:to="loc_dei_TradingSymbol_d9fe9615-6499-40a0-bbe2-837d0bef8e45" xlink:type="arc" order="18"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_SecurityExchangeName_62b70695-9a9a-4dba-a4fc-4d0332328d8e" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_SecurityExchangeName"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_03e79a46-28c9-4155-b667-0fbfb7069f38" xlink:to="loc_dei_SecurityExchangeName_62b70695-9a9a-4dba-a4fc-4d0332328d8e" xlink:type="arc" order="19"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany_c251eb9a-50a0-4f8e-a389-cd995efff91b" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_03e79a46-28c9-4155-b667-0fbfb7069f38" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany_c251eb9a-50a0-4f8e-a389-cd995efff91b" xlink:type="arc" order="20"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityCentralIndexKey_347fac6c-f42b-468a-9729-cf9f8949b731" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_EntityCentralIndexKey"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_03e79a46-28c9-4155-b667-0fbfb7069f38" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityCentralIndexKey_347fac6c-f42b-468a-9729-cf9f8949b731" xlink:type="arc" order="21"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_AmendmentFlag_e164b085-c709-496e-a122-d1fd06259e4d" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_AmendmentFlag"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_03e79a46-28c9-4155-b667-0fbfb7069f38" xlink:to="loc_dei_AmendmentFlag_e164b085-c709-496e-a122-d1fd06259e4d" xlink:type="arc" order="22"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntitiesTable_12830db8-ad4e-47e2-9e60-351964705fef" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_EntitiesTable"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_03e79a46-28c9-4155-b667-0fbfb7069f38" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntitiesTable_12830db8-ad4e-47e2-9e60-351964705fef" xlink:type="arc" order="1" xbrldt:closed="true" xbrldt:contextElement="segment"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityListingsExchangeAxis_da660b5b-b2c4-44cc-aaf4-d45e6ea6bcb5" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_EntityListingsExchangeAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntitiesTable_12830db8-ad4e-47e2-9e60-351964705fef" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityListingsExchangeAxis_da660b5b-b2c4-44cc-aaf4-d45e6ea6bcb5" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_ExchangeDomain_da660b5b-b2c4-44cc-aaf4-d45e6ea6bcb5_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_ExchangeDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityListingsExchangeAxis_da660b5b-b2c4-44cc-aaf4-d45e6ea6bcb5" xlink:to="loc_dei_ExchangeDomain_da660b5b-b2c4-44cc-aaf4-d45e6ea6bcb5_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_ExchangeDomain_d985bf71-9cb2-42d3-bbf1-dd754a4952f2" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_ExchangeDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityListingsExchangeAxis_da660b5b-b2c4-44cc-aaf4-d45e6ea6bcb5" xlink:to="loc_dei_ExchangeDomain_d985bf71-9cb2-42d3-bbf1-dd754a4952f2" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_exch_XNYS_c54ef319-56b8-484f-815e-de47297a1ca9" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/exch/2021/exch-2021.xsd#exch_XNYS"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_ExchangeDomain_d985bf71-9cb2-42d3-bbf1-dd754a4952f2" xlink:to="loc_exch_XNYS_c54ef319-56b8-484f-815e-de47297a1ca9" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis_9b9fc552-64d4-4b2f-bbfb-f15e67626cc8" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2021/elts/us-gaap-2021-01-31.xsd#us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntitiesTable_12830db8-ad4e-47e2-9e60-351964705fef" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis_9b9fc552-64d4-4b2f-bbfb-f15e67626cc8" xlink:type="arc" order="2"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_ClassOfStockDomain_9b9fc552-64d4-4b2f-bbfb-f15e67626cc8_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2021/elts/us-gaap-2021-01-31.xsd#us-gaap_ClassOfStockDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis_9b9fc552-64d4-4b2f-bbfb-f15e67626cc8" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_ClassOfStockDomain_9b9fc552-64d4-4b2f-bbfb-f15e67626cc8_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_ClassOfStockDomain_e9d89c40-fec4-4072-b885-03ae2248f185" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2021/elts/us-gaap-2021-01-31.xsd#us-gaap_ClassOfStockDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis_9b9fc552-64d4-4b2f-bbfb-f15e67626cc8" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_ClassOfStockDomain_e9d89c40-fec4-4072-b885-03ae2248f185" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_CommonClassAMember_6b60a1bc-47cc-449d-87c2-763d08cebeb7" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2021/elts/us-gaap-2021-01-31.xsd#us-gaap_CommonClassAMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_ClassOfStockDomain_e9d89c40-fec4-4072-b885-03ae2248f185" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_CommonClassAMember_6b60a1bc-47cc-449d-87c2-763d08cebeb7" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_SeriesGPreferredStockMember_84512f03-729d-422c-a97c-01377186437b" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2021/elts/us-gaap-2021-01-31.xsd#us-gaap_SeriesGPreferredStockMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_ClassOfStockDomain_e9d89c40-fec4-4072-b885-03ae2248f185" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_SeriesGPreferredStockMember_84512f03-729d-422c-a97c-01377186437b" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_SeriesHPreferredStockMember_84abf65e-235d-47a9-8630-f9b286f0765d" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2021/elts/us-gaap-2021-01-31.xsd#us-gaap_SeriesHPreferredStockMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_ClassOfStockDomain_e9d89c40-fec4-4072-b885-03ae2248f185" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_SeriesHPreferredStockMember_84abf65e-235d-47a9-8630-f9b286f0765d" xlink:type="arc" order="2"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dbrg_SeriesIPreferredStockMember_e4c49938-ad6b-4feb-b87d-aa1f280719fd" xlink:href="dbrg-20220804.xsd#dbrg_SeriesIPreferredStockMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_ClassOfStockDomain_e9d89c40-fec4-4072-b885-03ae2248f185" xlink:to="loc_dbrg_SeriesIPreferredStockMember_e4c49938-ad6b-4feb-b87d-aa1f280719fd" xlink:type="arc" order="3"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dbrg_SeriesJPreferredStockMember_84d56737-838a-4667-b7cb-281021803ae0" xlink:href="dbrg-20220804.xsd#dbrg_SeriesJPreferredStockMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_ClassOfStockDomain_e9d89c40-fec4-4072-b885-03ae2248f185" xlink:to="loc_dbrg_SeriesJPreferredStockMember_84d56737-838a-4667-b7cb-281021803ae0" xlink:type="arc" order="4"/>
  </link:definitionLink>
</link:linkbase>
