solicitor
pronunciation
How to pronounce solicitor in British English:
UK [səˈlɪsɪtə(r)]
How to pronounce solicitor in American English:
US [səˈlɪsɪtər]
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- Noun:
- a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes
- a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents
Word Origin
- solicitor (n.)
- early 15c., "one who urges," from Middle French soliciteur, from soliciter (see solicit). Meaning "one who conducts matters on behalf of another" is from early 15c. As a name for a specific class of legal practitioners in Britain, it is attested from 1570s. Both the fem. forms, solicitress (1630s) and solicitrix (1610s), have been in the sexual sense, but the latter seems more common in non-pejorative use.
Example
- 1. His solicitor declined to comment on thursday .
- 2. His parents found him work in a solicitor 's office before he headed to london to study law .
- 3. His solicitor sydney morse - an early investor in the british graphophone company - had royal connections .
- 4. Buyers should have their own solicitor to go through all the documents .
- 5. A recent graduate spends two years combining work and study as a trainee solicitor in england and referendar in germany .