advocate
ad vuh kuht
- n a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
- n a lawyer who pleads cases in court
- v push for something
- v speak, plead, or argue in favor of
The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house
- But some Republicans have taken issue with her legislative approach, deriding her as an unyielding advocate of environmentalists and labor groups.
- An advocate of a woman's right to choose and a supporter of Roe v.
- Bono's Mission The world's biggest rock star is also Africa's biggest advocate.