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JUDGE ADVOCATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does judge advocate mean? 

JUDGE ADVOCATE (noun)
  The noun JUDGE ADVOCATE has 2 senses:

1. an officer assigned to the judge advocate generalplay

2. a staff officer serving as legal adviser to a military commanderplay

  Familiarity information: JUDGE ADVOCATE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


JUDGE ADVOCATE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An officer assigned to the judge advocate general

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("judge advocate" is a kind of...):

commissioned officer (a military officer holding a commission)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A staff officer serving as legal adviser to a military commander

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("judge advocate" is a kind of...):

staff officer (a commissioned officer assigned to a military commander's staff)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)


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