judge advocate

noun

1

: an officer assigned to the judge advocate general's corps or department

2

: a staff officer serving as legal adviser to a military commander

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

That meant those who got in trouble for minor misconduct or military-specific offenses like being chronically late to formation, said Joshua Kastenberg, a professor at the University of New Mexico School of Law and former Air Force judge advocate. —Anchorage Daily News, 11 Apr. 2023

That montage of Pence eluding the rioters was conceived principally by Marcus Childress, an investigative counsel and former Air Force judge advocate. —Luke Broadwater Philip Montgomery, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2022

The Coast Guard works closely with the Army and Navy, helps with counterintelligence and serves as the country’s maritime border patrol, said O’Grady, an Army reservist and lieutenant colonel judge advocate. —Jennifer Sinco Kelleher And Brian Melley, USA TODAY, 28 July 2022

Fat Leonard':Fugitive in massive Navy bribery case, caught in Venezuela weeks after fleeing Gary Barthel, a former Marine judge advocate who represented Mays at a preliminary hearing, said undercutting Velasco's credibility was key. —Elliot Spagat, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2022

Gary Barthel, a former Marine judge advocate who represented Mays at a preliminary hearing, said undercutting Velasco's credibility was key. —Elliot Spagat, ajc, 30 Sep. 2022

Three senior officers and a judge advocate interviewed 125 witnesses over a month, only five of whom were Black sailors. —Matthew F. Delmont, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Aug. 2022

The front-runners in the Democratic primary are Lucas Kunce, a Marine judge advocate who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Anheuser-Busch beer heir Trudy Busch Valentine. —Aaron Zitner, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2022

The Coast Guard works closely with the Army and Navy, helps with counterintelligence and serves as the country's maritime border patrol, said O'Grady, an Army reservist and lieutenant colonel judge advocate. —CBS News, 28 July 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1644, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Legal Definition

judge advocate

noun

plural judge advocates

1

: an officer serving under the Judge Advocate General

2

: an officer charged with administering military justice (as by acting as legal counsel or conducting an appellate review)