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One who defends; one who maintains, supports, protects, or vindicates; a champion; an advocate; a vindicator. Provinces . . . left without their ancient and puissant defenders. Motley.

A defender or an advocate in court; a guardian or protector.

One who is an adherent or advocate of democracy, or government by the people. Whatever they call him, what care I, Aristocrat, democrat, autocrat. Tennyson.

An advocate of disunion, specifically, of disunion of the United States.

vor; heartfelt; fervent; hearty; -- used in a good sense; as, earnest prayers. An earnest advocate to plead for him. Shak.

One who is versed in the theories of, or who advocates and promotes, education.

An advocate of emancipation, esp. the emancipation of slaves.

An advocate or promoter of emigration.

One who believes in, or advocates the theory of, epigenesis.

ommissaries, engineers, ordnance officers, paymasters, physicians, signal officers, judge advocates; also, the noncommissioned assistants of the above officers.

One who advocates euhemerism.

Practicing; professional. [Obs.] "Every exercent advocate." Ayliffe.

One who favors or advocates extension.

ent, professors, and tutors in a college. Dean of faculty. See under Dean. -- Faculty of advocates. (Scot.) See under Advocate.

An advocate of confederation; specifically (Amer. Hist.), a friend of the Constitution of the United States at its formation and adoption; a member of the political party which favored the administration of president Washington.

One who teaches by, or advocates the use of, the kindergarten system.

The Marxian socialism and programme of reform through revolution as advocated by the French political leader Jules Basile Guesde (pron. ged) (1845- ). -- Guesd"ist (#), n. & a.

To favor; to advocate. (d) To attack; to assault. [Low] (e) To sell for; to be parted with for (a price). -- To go for nothing, to be parted with for no compensation or result; to have no value, efficacy, or influence; to count for nothing. -- To go forth. (a) To depart from a place. (b) To be divulged or made genera…

To bribe; to corrupt with presents. The greased advocate that grinds the poor. Dryden.

one) for a specific purpose, by payment of wages; as, to hire a servant, an agent, or an advocate.