Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An advocate; a lawyer.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun An advocate.

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  • noun An advocate, a lawyer

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Examples

  • AUDIO FILE: listen to the French word "avocat" and hear the expressions, above: Download Avocat.

    avocat - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • AUDIO FILE: listen to the French word "avocat" and hear the expressions, above: Download Avocat.

    French Word-A-Day: 2008

  • AUDIO FILE: listen to the French word "avocat" and hear the expressions, above: Download Avocat.

    French Word-A-Day: 2008

  • AUDIO FILE: listen to the French word "avocat" and hear the expressions, above:Download Avocat

    French Word-A-Day: 2008

  • AUDIO FILE: listen to the French word "avocat" and hear the expressions, above:Download Avocat

    avocat - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • In several languages, the words meaning “lawyer” are similar: in French "avocat/e", in Portuguese “advogado", in Dutch “advocaat“, in Italian "avvocato"“, in Spanish “abogado/a", in Russian “адвока́т/ а”.

    Attorney, Lawyer, Barrister, Solicitor and Notary (English) Rene Meertens 2010

  • In several languages, the words meaning “lawyer” are similar: in French "avocat/e", in Portuguese “advogado", in Dutch “advocaat“, in Italian "avvocato"“, in Spanish “abogado/a", in Russian “адвока́т/ а”.

    Archive 2010-03-01 Rene Meertens 2010

  • I was buying some little garlic graters in L'Isle Sur La Sorgue and they came with little pieces of paper with suggestions for use ... garlic, ginger, chocolate, strawberries, etc. and for the "avocat" or avocado they had translated into English, lawyers.

    avocat - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • I was buying some little garlic graters in L'Isle Sur La Sorgue and they came with little pieces of paper with suggestions for use...garlic,ginger, chocolate, strawberries, etc. and for the "avocat" or avocado they had translated into English, lawyers.

    avocat - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • Français · Viêt-nam: Arrestation d'un éminent avocat et écrivain

    Global Voices in English » Vietnam arrests prominent lawyer and writer 2009

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