solicitor

solicitor
    n 1: a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes
         [syn: {solicitor}, {canvasser}]
    2: a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal
       documents
    

Solicitor \So*lic"it*or\, n. [F. solliciteur, L. sollicitator.]
   1. One who solicits.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Law)
      (a) 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. See the
          Note under {Attorney}.
      (b) The law officer of a city, town, department, or
          government; as, the city solicitor; the solicitor of
          the treasury.
          [1913 Webster]
    

45 Moby Thesaurus words for "solicitor":
      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