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advocator|ˈædvəkeɪtə(r)|
[As an early word, a. late L. advocātōr, n. of agent f. advocāre to call to, but used by eccl. writers as = cl. L. advocātus, from the active function of the advocātus or helper ‘called in,’ as a pleader or ‘caller for’ justice or mercy. In mod. use f. advocate v.]
†1. An intercessor, patron (saint); = advocate n. 1, 2. Obs.
1482Revel. Monk of Evesham (1869) 52 My moste meke and dere aduocatour seynt Nicholas to whome y called.
2. One who advocates, or publicly stands up for; = advocate n. 3.
1845Browning Soul's Trag. ii. Wks. 1863 II. 458 The advocators of change in the present system of things. |