solicitor
solicitor is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accessory
- adviser
- advocate
- agent
- ambassador
- applicant
- arbitrator
- aspirant
- assistant
- association
- attache
- attorney
- auctioneer
- bagman
- bailiff
- banco
- bar
- barrister
- beagle
- beggar
- bencher
- bidder
- broker
- bum
- business
- cadger
- call
- candidate
- canvasser
- case
- charge
- child
- civilian
- claimant
- clerk
- client
- commercial
- commissary
- commission
- commissionaire
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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