advocate
[Latin
advocatus adviser to a party in a lawsuit, counselor, from past participle of
advocare to summon, employ as counsel, from
ad to +
vocare to call]
1 : a person (as a lawyer) who works and argues in support of another's cause esp. in court
2 : a person or group that defends or maintains a cause or proposal [a consumer ]
[ad-və-kāt] vb
-cat·ed -cat·ing vt : to argue in favor of
vi : to act as an advocate [shall for minority business "V. M. Rivera"]