advocate
[ verb ad-vuh-keyt; noun ad-vuh-kit, -keyt ]
/ verb ˈæd vəˌkeɪt; noun ˈæd və kɪt, -ˌkeɪt /
verb (used with object), ad·vo·cat·ed, ad·vo·cat·ing.
to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly: He advocated higher salaries for teachers.
verb (used without object), ad·vo·cat·ed, ad·vo·cat·ing.
to act as an advocate: a father who advocates for his disabled child.
noun
a person who speaks or writes in support or defense of a person, cause, etc. (usually followed by of): an advocate of peace.
a person who pleads for or in behalf of another; intercessor.
a person who pleads the cause of another in a court of law.
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advocate
verb (ˈædvəˌkeɪt)
(tr; may take a clause as object)
to support or recommend publicly; plead for or speak in favour of
noun (ˈædvəkɪt, -ˌkeɪt)
a person who upholds or defends a cause; supporter
a person who intercedes on behalf of another
a person who pleads his client's cause in a court of law
See also barrister, solicitor, counsellor
Scots law the usual word for barrister
Derived forms of advocate
advocatory, adjectiveWord Origin for advocate
C14: via Old French from Latin
advocātus legal witness, advocate, from
advocāre to call as witness, from
vocāre to call