- (formal) a person who supports or speaks in favour of somebody or of a public plan or action
- advocate for something/somebody an advocate for hospital workers
- advocate of something/somebody a staunch advocate of free speech
Extra Examples- an advocate of pacifism
- Canada was one of the strongest advocates of sanctions.
- She became a firm advocate of overseas ventures.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- ardent
- effective
- firm
- …
- argue
- claim
- say
- …
- advocate for
- advocate of
- (law) a person who defends somebody in court
- Solicitors often appear as advocates in the lower courts.
- Those charged should be represented by trained, qualified legal advocates.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- solicitor
- judge
- (law) (in Scotland and South Africa) a lawyer who has the right to argue cases in higher courtsMore About lawyerslawyerssee also the Lord Advocate, solicitor advocate
- Lawyer is a general term for a person who is qualified to advise people about the law, to prepare legal documents for them and/or to represent them in a court of law.
- In England and Wales, a lawyer who is qualified to speak in the higher courts of law is called a barrister. In Scotland a barrister is called an advocate.
- In North American English attorney is a more formal word used for a lawyer and is used especially in job titles:
- the District Attorney
- Counsel is the formal legal word used for a lawyer who is representing someone in court:
- counsel for the prosecution
- Solicitor is the British English term for a lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares documents, for example when you are buying a house, and sometimes has the right to speak in a court of law.
- In North American English solicitor is only used in the titles of some lawyers who work for the government:
- the Solicitor General
- A notary is a person, often but not necessarily a lawyer, who has official authority to be a witness when somebody signs a document and to make the document legally acceptable.
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