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

advocate 2, noun (oh) and stoccado (iou)


advocate 2, noun (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: avocat, from Latin, past participle of advocare 'to summon', from ad- 'to' + vocare 'to call']
someone who publicly supports someone or something
advocate of
::She's a passionate advocate of natural Childbirth.
advocate for
::an advocate for the disabled
a lawyer who speaks in a court of law, especially in Scotland
-see also devil's advocate

stoccado (iou)



stoccado noun. arch. Pl. -os. L16.
[Refash. of Italian stoccata from stocco point of a sword, dagger, from Germanic: see -ADO. Cf. STOCK noun2.]
A thrust or stab with a pointed weapon.