Usually means: Supporter and promoter of cause.
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  1. advocate: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. advocate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. advocate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. advocate: Collins English Dictionary
  5. advocate: Vocabulary.com
  6. advocate: Wordnik
  7. advocate: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. advocate: Wiktionary
  9. advocate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. advocate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. advocate: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. advocate: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. advocate: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  15. Advocate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. advocate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. advocate: Rhymezone
  18. Advocate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. advocate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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  21. advocate: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  25. advocate: Merriam-Webster.com

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. advocate: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  6. advocate: Legal dictionary
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Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. advocate: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
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  2. advocate: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
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  3. advocate: Idioms

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Advocate: Easton Bible
  2. Advocate: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Advocate: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel.
noun:  Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor.
noun:  A person who speaks in support of something, or someone; proponent
noun:  A person who supports others to make their voices heard, or ideally for them to speak up for themselves.
verb:  (transitive) To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.
verb:  (transitive) To encourage support for something.
verb:  (intransitive, with for) To engage in advocacy.
verb:  (Scots law) To appeal from an inferior court to the Court of Session.
verb:  (Scots law, in higher courts) To call a case before itself for decision.

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