| advocate | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr; may take a clause as object) to support or recommend publicly; plead for or speak in favour of |
| —n | |
| 2. | a person who upholds or defends a cause; supporter |
| 3. | a person who intercedes on behalf of another |
| 4. | barrister solicitor See also counsellor a person who pleads his client's cause in a court of law |
| 5. | Scots law the usual word for barrister |
| [C14: via Old French from Latin advocātus legal witness, advocate, from advocāre to call as witness, from vocāre to call] | |
| advo'catory | |
| —adj | |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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