1.
[syn: solicitor, canvasser]
2. a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
solicitor
n 1: a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes
[syn: solicitor, canvasser]
2: a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal
documents
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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