solicitor

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

so·lici·tor [solicitor solicitors] BrE [səˈlɪsɪtə(r)] NAmE [səˈlɪsɪtər] noun
1. (BrE)a lawyer who prepares legal documents, for example for the sale of land or buildings, advises people on legal matters, and can speak for them in some courts of law
2. (NAmE)a person whose job is to visit or telephone people and try to sell them sth
3. (NAmE)the most senior legal officer of a city, town or government department

Word Origin:
late Middle English (denoting an agent or deputy): from Old French solliciteur, from solliciter, from Latin sollicitare ‘agitate’, from sollicitus ‘anxious’, from sollus ‘entire’ citus (past participle of ciere ‘set in motion’).

More About:
lawyers
Lawyer is a general term for a person who is qualified to advise people about the law, to prepare legal documents for them and/or to represent them in a court of law.
In England and Wales, a lawyer who is qualified to speak in the higher courts of law is called a barrister. In Scotland a barrister is called an advocate.
In NAmE attorney is a more formal word used for a lawyer and is used especially in job titles: ▪ district attorney.
Counsel is the formal legal word used for a lawyer who is representing someone in court: ▪ counsel for the prosecution.
Solicitor is the BrE term for a lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares documents, for example when you are buying a house, and sometimes has the right to speak in a court of law.
In NAmE solicitor is only used in the titles of some lawyers who work for the government: ▪ Solicitor General.

Example Bank:
•I discussed the matter with my instructing solicitor.
•She is still a practising solicitor at the age of sixty-two.
•There will be no court duty solicitor today.
•Bridge joined the firm as an assistant solicitor.
•He will have a meeting with the duty solicitor.
•Her first step was to contact a solicitor for advice.
•Mr Andrew Davis, solicitor for the Jones family, read a statement.