Synonyms for solicitor


Grammar : Noun
Spell : suh-lis-i-ter
Phonetic Transcription : səˈlɪs ɪ tər


Définition of solicitor

Origin :
  • 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.
  • noun attorney
Example sentences :
  • The solicitor was by no means pleased with this way of settling the matter.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Now, if you like, I will see to getting the offices and to engaging a solicitor.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • "A solicitor named Bentham," the Colonel repeated mechanically.
  • Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • The solicitor, who had bidden them enter, did not at first offer them any salutation.
  • Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • He is just finishing his law studies, and he will inherit his father's practice as a solicitor.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • Better employ a solicitor, sir, in case anything should arise.
  • Extract from : « The Silver Box (First Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • He was a solicitor, and my husband was obviously in some fear of him.
  • Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
  • An accident transferred him to the office of a solicitor, and he was articled.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • My own impression is that no London solicitor would have undertaken the job at all.
  • Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham
  • Yes, for that wasn't the Solicitor's Lucy—if, indeed, the solicitor had a Lucy.
  • Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett

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