advocates

Noun

advocate (plural advocates)

1. Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel.

   Synonyms:

   attorney, counselor, abogado, avocat, counsel, latitat, lawman, lawyer, legal representative, limb of the law

2. Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor.
   • I neuer did incense his Maiestie / Against the Duke of Clarence, but haue bin / An earnest aduocate to plead for him.c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
3. A person who speaks in support of something, or someone; proponent
   • "I think," replied the young advocate, unwilling to give up a point in which his feelings were interested, "that even you would believe in Walter Maynard's success in life, if you knew him. What has brought the world to its present state, but individual talent?"1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter X, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 104

   Synonyms:

   exponent

4. A person who supports others to make their voices heard, or ideally for them to speak up for themselves.
   • Since she started working with her advocate, she has become much more confident.

   Synonyms:

   friend

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