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subadvocate

subadvocate noun: a subordinate or minor advocate.

Noun

subadvocate (plural subadvocates)

  1. (archaic, historical) A subordinate or minor advocate.
    • Next, in matters of death, the laws of England, whereof you have intruded to be an opiniastrous subadvocate, and are bound to defend them, conceive it not enjoined in Scripture, when or for what cause they shall put to death, as in adultery, theft, and the like.1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC

Forms of subadvocate

pluralsubadvocates

Origin of subadvocate

From sub- + advocate.

Questions about subadvocate

What does subadvocate mean?
Subadvocate means a subordinate or minor advocate.
What part of speech is subadvocate?
Subadvocate is a noun.
What is the plural of subadvocate?
The plural of subadvocate is subadvocates.

Words near subadvocate in the dictionary

  1. subaduncate
  2. subadviser
  3. subadvisers
  4. subadvisor
  5. subadvisors
  6. subadvocate
  7. subadvocates
  8. subaerial
  9. subaerialism
  10. subaerialist
  11. subaerialists

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