| Solicitor 1. (n.) The law officer of a city, town, department, or government; as, the city solicitor; the solicitor of the treasury. 2. (n.) One who solicits. 3. (n.) 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. Thesaurus Entries 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 |