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Advocate
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- 1 Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel.
- 2 a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea wordnet
- 3 Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor.
"I neuer did incense his Maiestie / Against the Duke of Clarence, but haue bin / An earnest aduocate to plead for him."
- 4 a lawyer who pleads cases in court wordnet
- 5 A person who speaks in support of something, or someone; proponent
""I think," replied the young advocate, unwilling to give up a point in which his feelings were interested, "that even you would believe in Walter Maynard's success in life, if you knew him. What has brought the world to its present state, but individual talent?""
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- 6 A person who supports others to make their voices heard, or ideally for them to speak up for themselves.
"Since she started working with her advocate, she has become much more confident."
- 1 To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly. transitive
"7 March, 1624, Robert Sanderson, sermon at the Assizes, at Lincoln To advocate the cause of thy client."
- 2 speak, plead, or argue in favor of wordnet
- 3 To encourage support for something. transitive
"I like trees, but I do not advocate living in them."
- 4 push for something wordnet
- 5 To engage in advocacy. intransitive
"We have been advocating for changes in immigration law."
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- 6 To appeal from an inferior court to the Court of Session.
- 7 To call a case before itself for decision.
Etymology
From Middle English advocat, advoket, from Old French advocat, from Latin advocātus (“an advocate”), from the substantivization of the perfect passive participle of advocāre (“to call for”) (see -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from a calque of Ancient Greek παράκλητος (paráklētos) (whence English paraclete). Doublet of advoke, avocat, avouch, and avow. The verb derives from the noun on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix).
From Middle English advocat, advoket, from Old French advocat, from Latin advocātus (“an advocate”), from the substantivization of the perfect passive participle of advocāre (“to call for”) (see -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from a calque of Ancient Greek παράκλητος (paráklētos) (whence English paraclete). Doublet of advoke, avocat, avouch, and avow. The verb derives from the noun on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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