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Definition of: solicitor
(sə·lis′ə·tər) noun
1. A person who does any kind of soliciting; especially, one who solicits gifts of money or subscriptions to magazines.
2. The legal advisor to certain branches of the public service.
3. In England, a lawyer who may advise clients or who prepares cases for presentation in court, but who may appear as an advocate in the lower courts only. See BARRISTER. Also so·lic′i·ter.
—so·lic′i·tor·ship′ noun
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