advocate+(noun)

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• advocate — ► NOUN 1) a person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy. 2) a person who pleads a case on someone else s behalf. 3) Scottish term for BARRISTER(Cf. ↑barrister). ► VERB ▪ publicly recommend or support. DER …   English terms dictionary

• advocate — {{11}}advocate (n.) mid 14c., one whose profession is to plead cases in a court of justice, a technical term from Roman law, from O.Fr. avocat barrister, advocate, spokesman, from L. advocatus one called to aid; a pleader, advocate, noun use of… …   Etymology dictionary

• advocate — ad·vo·cate 1 / ad və kət, ˌkāt/ n [Latin advocatus adviser to a party in a lawsuit, counselor, from past participle of advocare to summon, employ as counsel, from ad to + vocare to call] 1: a person (as a lawyer) who works and argues in support… …   Law dictionary

• advocate — verb. 1. In a letter written in 1798 Benjamin Franklin asked Noah Webster, the lexicographer of American English, to use his authority to ‘reprobate’ this word, which was then new in the meaning ‘to recommend or plead in favour of’, although the… …   Modern English usage

• advocate — Ⅰ. advocate UK US /ˈædvəkeɪt/ verb [T] ► to publicly support or suggest an idea, plan, or way of doing something: »The Food Standards Agency advocated a ban on advertising junk food to children. advocate doing sth »We would advocate selling those …   Financial and business terms

• advocate-depute — advocate depˈute noun A salaried Scottish law officer appointed as public prosecutor by the Lord Advocate, the chief law officer of the Crown and public prosecutor of crimes for Scotland • • • Main Entry: ↑advocate …   Useful english dictionary

• advocate-depute — noun (plural advocates depute) (in Scotland) any of a number of officers who assist the Lord Advocate in prosecutions …   English new terms dictionary

• advocate — noun advəkət 1》 a person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy. 2》 a person who pleads a case on someone else s behalf.     ↘Scottish term for barrister. verb advəkeɪt publicly recommend or support. Derivatives advocacy …   English new terms dictionary

• advocate-general — noun (plural advocates general) any of a number of officers assisting the judges in the European Court of Justice …   English new terms dictionary

• advocate */ — I UK [ˈædvəkeɪt] / US [ˈædvəˌkeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms advocate : present tense I/you/we/they advocate he/she/it advocates present participle advocating past tense advocated past participle advocated to publicly support a particular… …   English dictionary

• advocate — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 sb who supports sth ADJECTIVE ▪ ardent, effective, firm (esp. BrE), great, outspoken, powerful, staunch, strong, tireless (esp. AmE) …   Collocations dictionary