advocate - English dictionary definition

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Advocate One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor.
Advocate One who defends, vindicates, or espouses any cause by argument; a pleader; as, an advocate of free trade, an advocate of truth.
Advocate Christ, considered as an intercessor.
Advocate To plead in favor of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.
Advocate To act as advocate.
advocate a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea