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advocate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French advocat, from Latin advoc?tus (past participle of advoc?re (to call for)), a calque of Ancient Greek ?????????? (parákl?tos) (whence English paraclete). Doublet of advoke, avouch, and avow.

Pronunciation

  • Noun:
    • enPR: ?d'v?-k?t, IPA(key): /?æd.v?.k?t/
  • Verb:
    • enPR: ?d'v?-k?t, IPA(key): /?æd.v?.ke?t/

Noun

advocate (plural advocates)

  1. Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel. [from 14th c.]
  2. Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor. [from 14th c.]
    • c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Richard III, First Folio 1623:
      I neuer did incense his Maiestie / Against the Duke of Clarence, but haue bin / An earnest aduocate to plead for him.
  3. A person who speaks in support of something. [from 18th c.]
    • 2011, Alix Lee, The Guardian, 9 Oct 2011:
      He became a tireless advocate for the needs of adults with IMD throughout Britain and internationally.
  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.

Derived terms

  • devil's advocate

Related terms

  • advocacy
  • advocation
  • advocator
  • avocate

Translations

Verb

advocate (third-person singular simple present advocates, present participle advocating, simple past and past participle advocated)

  1. (transitive) To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.
    • 7 March, 1624, Robert Sanderson, sermon at the Assizes, at Lincoln
      To advocate the cause of thy client.
    • 16 June, 1784, Edmund Burke, speech on reform of representation in the House of Commons
      This is the only thing distinct and sensible, that has been advocated.
  2. (transitive) To encourage support for something.
  3. (intransitive, with for) To engage in advocacy.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:advise

Related terms

  • advocacy

Translations

Anagrams

  • avocated

Latin

Verb

advoc?te

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of advoc?

Scots

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?advoket/

Noun

advocate (plural advocates)

  1. barrister
  2. (Aberdeen) solicitor

Verb

advocate (third-person singular present advocates, present participle advocatin, past advocatit, past participle advocatit)

  1. (law) to appeal from an inferior court to the Court of Session
  2. (law, in higher courts) to call a case before itself for decision

References

  • Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

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abolitionist

English

Etymology

First attested in 1788. abolition +? -ist.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?æ.b?.?l??.n?.?st/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?æ.b?.?l??.n?.?st/, /?æ.b?.?l??.n?.?st/

Adjective

abolitionist (comparative more abolitionist, superlative most abolitionist)

  1. (historical) In favor of the abolition of slavery. [since the late 18th century]

Noun

abolitionist (plural abolitionists)

  1. A person who favors the abolition of any particular institution or practice. [since the late 18th century]
    • 2005, Julia O'Connell Davidson, Children in the Global Sex Trade, Polity (?ISBN), page 107:
      Both feminist and religiously inspired abolitionists have long viewed, and continue to view, male demand for commercial sex as a root cause of prostitution.
    • 2007, J. Robert Lilly, Francis T. Cullen, Richard A. Ball, Criminological Theory: Context and Consequences, SAGE (?ISBN), page 198:
      Furthermore, abolitionists argue that prisons are a form of violence and should be destroyed because they reflect “a social ethos of violence and degradation" [...] Abolitionists argue that prisons should be replaced, or at least decentralized, by democratic community control and community-based treatment that would emphasize "redress" or "restorative justice."
  2. (historical, US) A person who favored or advocated the abolition of slavery. [since the late 18th century]

Descendants

  • Norwegian Bokmål: abolisjonist

Translations

References

  • abolitionist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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