A person who speaks in support of something, or someone.
A person who supports others to make their voices heard, or ideally for them to speak up for themselves.
Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel.
Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor.
To appeal from an inferior court to the Court of Session.
To engage in advocacy.
To call a case before itself for decision.
To encourage support for something.
To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.
A person engaged in a crusade.
An American, especially a soldier or leader who wages war against Islamist militants.
the crusaders of the Middle Ages
A Westerner; a Christian, especially of European descent or a missionary.
A fighter in the medieval Crusades who had taken the Cross.
(either attributively or in the plural) The United States and its Western allies.