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   advocate

   noun

   • 1. a person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy: "he was an untiring advocate of economic reform" Similar championupholdersupporterbackerpromoterproponentexponentprotectorpatronspokesman forspokeswoman forspokesperson forspeaker forcampaigner forfighter forbattler forcrusader formissionaryreformerpioneerpleaderpropagandistapostleapologistboosterinformal:pluggerOpposite critic
   • 2. a person who puts a case on someone else's behalf: "care managers can become advocates for their clients"
   • ▪ a professional pleader in a court of justice: "solicitors may act as advocates in Crown Courts" Similar barristerlawyercounselcounsellorprofessional pleaderlegal practitionerattorneycounsellor-at-lawinformal:brief
   • ▪ a barrister. Scottish, South African

   verb

   • 1. publicly recommend or support: "voters supported candidates who advocated an Assembly"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French avocat, from Latin advocatus, past participle (used as a noun) of advocare ‘call (to one's aid)’, from ad- ‘to’ + vocare ‘to call’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. advocateship noun
   • 2. advocation noun
   • 3. advocator noun

   Scrabble Points: 14

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