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Advocate

speaker
speaker
speaker

Meaning

Noun

Someone whose job is to
case in a
; a counsel.
In People:
Anyone who
the case of another; an intercessor.
In People:
A person who
in support of something, or someone.
In People:
A person who
others to make their
, or
for them to
for themselves.

Verb

To
of; to
by
, before a
or the public; to support,
, or
publicly.
To
support for something.
To
in advocacy.
In Scottish English, Law, Law & People:
To
from an
to the Court of Session.
In Scottish English & Law:
To
a case before itself for decision.
Sourced from
Wiktionary

Origin

advocate
English
arrow
avocat
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
arrow
advocatus
Latin
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advoco
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
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