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advocate
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advocate,
n 1. in the medical field, a person who focuses on bolstering the patient's role and rights in making decisions about his or her health care.
2. one who assists another in legal matters; can be a professional or a layperson; may or may not work for a fee.

advocate
Ethics noun (pron. ad´ ve ket) A person who acts on the behalf of or speaks for another–eg, for a cause or plea. See Amicus curiæ verb (pron. ad ve ka´t) To act or speak for another person or group of person


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However, is it not strange that neither the Northumberland Tourist Board, the official advocator of our countryside and also the Duke of Northumberland, the county's biggest landowner and self-confessed conservationist, have nothing to say about this - the greatest threat to our landscape since opencast mining?
The United States and other Western countries were active advocators for free trade.
The United States and other Western countries were active advocators for free trade.
 
 
 
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