subadvocate

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noun

A subordinate or minor advocate.

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Meanings

nounsubadvocate (plural subadvocates)

plural subadvocates

  1. archaichistoricalA subordinate or minor advocate.

    Next, in matters of death, the laws of England, whereof you have intruded to be an opiniastrous subadvocate, and are bound to defend them, conceive it not enjoined in Scripture, when or for what cause they shall put to death, as in adultery, theft, and the like.

    1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC

Origin

From sub- + advocate.

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APA

subadvocate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subadvocate

MLA

“subadvocate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subadvocate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subadvocate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subadvocate.

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