A person, especially a lawyer or advocate, who argues or pleads for a cause (archaic or legal term).
From Old French 'avocat,' from Latin 'advocatus,' meaning 'one called to aid.' The term comes from 'ad-' (to) and 'vocare' (to call), referring to a person summoned for legal help.
This ancient legal term shows how 'advocate' and 'avocado' nearly share the same root—one comes from calling someone to help you, the other from an Aztec word that somehow got Latinized in European languages.
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