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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
advocate
▶noun /ˈadvəkət/ 
  • 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 /ˈadvəkeɪt/ publicly recommend or support.
– derivatives
advocacy noun,
advocateship noun,
advocation noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. avocat, from L. advocat-, advocare ‘call (to one's aid)’, from ad- ‘to’ + vocare ‘to call’.



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