Solicitor

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Solicitor \So*lic"it*or\, n. [F. solliciteur, L. sollicitator.]
     1. One who solicits.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Law)
        (a) An attorney or advocate; one who represents another in


            court; -- formerly, in English practice, the
            professional designation of a person admitted to
            practice in a court of chancery or equity. See the
            Note under {Attorney}.
        (b) The law officer of a city, town, department, or
            government; as, the city solicitor; the solicitor of
            the treasury.
            [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  solicitor
       n 1: a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes
            [syn: {canvasser}]
       2: a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal
          documents

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "solicitor":
     advocate, agent, amicus curiae, applicant, aspirant, attorney,
     attorney-at-law, ballyhoo man, ballyhooer, barker, barrister,
     barrister-at-law, bidder, candidate, canvasser, claimant, counsel,
     counselor, counselor-at-law, deputy, friend at court, intercessor,
     lawyer, legal adviser, legal counselor, legal expert,
     legal practitioner, legalist, mouthpiece, petitioner, pitchman,
     pleader, postulant, proctor, procurator, sea lawyer, seeker,
     self-styled lawyer, solicitant, spieler, suitor, suppliant,
     supplicant, tout, touter