Advocate

n. [Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to call to, call to one's aid; ad and vocare, to call; Fr. & Pr. advocat, avocat, It. avvocato. See VOCAL.] 1. One who pleads the cause of another; hence, specifically, one who pleads the cause of another before any tribunal or judicial court; a counselor. In the English and American Law, advocates are the same as counsel, and so styled. In the civil and ecclesiastical courts, the term signifies the same as counsel at the common law.

2. One who defends, vindicates, or espouses any cause by argument; a pleader; as, an advocate for peace, or for the oppressed.
3. Christ, considered as an intercessor.

We have an Advocate with the Father. 1 John ii. 2. Faculty of advocates (Scot.), a society of eminent lawyers, who practice in the highest courts; the bar of Scotland, in Edinburgh. Warren. Wharton. — Lord advocate (Scot.), the public prosecutor of crimes, and principal crown lawyer. — Judge advocate, in courts martial, a person who manages the prosecution.