advocate

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Activist groups like Physicians for a National Health Program (pnhp. org) expressed outrage that no other single-payer advocate was to be among the 120 people at the summit.

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  1. transitive verb To speak, plead, or argue in favor of. See Synonyms at support.
  2. noun One that argues for a cause; a supporter or defender: an advocate of civil rights.
  3. noun One that pleads in another's behalf; an intercessor: advocates for abused children and spouses.
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  • The only problem with the given definition of "advocate" is that it implies that the purpose of the advocate is to discover truth, but that the he fails and never changes opinions. —  RealClimate
  • "This also includes services like a court advocate -   in our case, our advocate is bilingual, so that helps a lot with that service."
  • Activist groups like Physicians for a National Health Program (pnhp. org) expressed outrage that no other single-payer advocate was to be among the 120 people at the summit. —  Democracy Now!
  • John Turner, the British architect best known as the advocate of aided self help housing solution worked in Lima in the early 60s - the same city in Peru where Desoto is based. —  Kafila
  • I have not told you his name before, but my advocate was the great Alberto Lezzi. —  The Romance Of Giovanni Calvotti From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.)
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supporter ·  champion ·  opponent ·  lawyer ·  defender ·  critic ·  politician ·  representative ·  leader ·  preacher ·  teacher ·  historian

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advocate:   advocates ·  Advocate ·  advocating ·  advocated
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. From Middle English advocat, lawyer, from Old French advocat, from Latin advocātus, past participle of advocāre, to summon for counsel : ad-, ad- + vocāre, to call; see wekw- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English advocat, advoket, -ette, earlier avocat, avoket, in late Middle English also clipped vocate, voket, from Old French avocat, later advocat, French avocat, vernacular Old French avoet, avoe, avoue (later English avowee, advowee, q. v.), = Provencal avoucat = Spanish abogado = Portuguese advogado = Italian avvocato, from Latin advocatus, an advocate, attorney, orig. a person called by one of the parties in a suit to aid as a witness or counsel, from advocatus, past participle of advocare, call to, from ad, to, + vocare, call, from vox, voice: see voice, vocation.
  2. from Latin advocatus, past participle of advocare: see advocate, n. In the sense of ‘act as an advocate,’ the verb is from the noun.
 

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