See Also: Advocate(medicine)
Advocate(law)
advocate(3)(dictionary)
advocate(2)(dictionary)
advocate(1)(dictionary)
The Advocate(finance)
Advocate(money)
JUDGE ADVOCATE(law)
devil's advocate(dictionary)
advocate 2, noun(dictionary)

advocate(1) (iou)



advocate noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French avocat from Latin advocatus use as noun of pa. pple of advocare: see ADVOKE, -ATE1. For spelling adv- see AD- 2.]
1. A person whose profession is to plead causes in courts of law (now chiefly Scot.); US any lawyer. ME.
devil's advocate: see DEVIL noun. judge advocate, Judge Advocate General: see JUDGE noun. Faculty of Advocates the Scottish bar. Lord Advocate the principal law officer of the Crown in Scotland.
2. gen. A person who pleads, intercedes, or speaks for another. ME.
3. = ADVOWEE 2. LME-M18.
4. A person who speaks in favour of, for, a proposal etc. M18.
Comb.: Advocate-Depute any of several officers assisting the Lord Advocate in prosecutions; Advocate-General any of several officers assisting the judges in the European Court of Justice.
advocateship noun M16.
advocatess noun a female advocate LME.
advocatory adjective of or pertaining to an advocate M19.
advocatrice noun [Old French] = advocatess LME-L16.