Advocate | Mean of advocate in English Dictionary

/ˈædvəkət/

• Noun
• a person who argues for or supports a cause or policy
1. a birth control advocate = an advocate of birth control [=a person who advocates birth control]
2. a passionate/impassioned advocate of civil rights
• a person who works for a cause or group
1. a women's health advocate = an advocate for women's health
2. She works as a consumer advocate.
• a person who argues for the cause of another person in a court of law
• Verb

• to support or argue for (a cause, policy, etc.)
1. He advocates traditional teaching methods.
2. They advocate abolishing the income tax. = They advocate that the income tax should be abolished.
3. The plan is advocated by the president.
4. They formed a group advocating for changes in the school system.