solicitornoun [ C ]
uk/səˈlɪs.ɪ.tər/us/səˈlɪs.ə.t̬ɚ/C1 a type of lawyer in Britain and Australia who is trained to prepare cases and give advice on legal subjects and can represent people in lower courts:
a firm of solicitors
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- My solicitor is drawing up a contract.
- Unless I receive a satisfactory response from you within a month I shall put this matter into the hands of my solicitor.
- The solicitor asked that her client be allowed to make a phone call.
- You should lodge a copy of the letter with your solicitor.
- Her will was drawn up by a solicitor and witnessed by two colleagues.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Lawyers & legal officials
- advocate
- articled
- attorney
- attorney general
- bailiff
- bar
- coroner
- counsel
- counsellor
- Director of Public Prosecutions
- district attorney
- draftswoman
- I rest my case idiom
- KC
- marshal
- paralegal
- probation officer
- prosecution
- prosecutor
- public defender
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