Definition of solicitornext
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as in seducer
one that tries to get a person to give in to a desire money, that great solicitor that has often succeeded in persuading people to sell their very souls

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as in petitioner
one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift even a billionaire doesn't have the wherewithal to grant the wish of every deserving solicitor who comes his way

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Recent Examples of solicitor Beaufort subsequently fired four shots at responding police officer Jamie Sylvester, according to the solicitor's office, which added that Beaufort then fatally shot the woman. Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025 Three generations served as solicitors on the state’s 14th Circuit, while maintaining a lucrative private law practice in Hampton County. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 23 Nov. 2025 That clarification will take the form of a deposition, which is expected to take place in front of British solicitors in December or early 2026. Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 23 Nov. 2025 His solicitor informed the judge there would be no application for bail at this stage, and that an Arabic interpreter had been booked to assist him during the proceedings, The Irish Times reported. Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for solicitor
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Noun
  • Stoker’s Frankensteined creation was born from the history of the Anglo-literary vampire that begins with Polidori’s Ruthven, the first aristocratic, Byronesque and demonic seducer.
    Robert Eggers, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
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  • State Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Pearlman sided with the Democratic petitioners in January.
    Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 13 Feb. 2026
  • An effort to petition the rezoning to a public vote failed when petitioners failed to gather enough signatures.
    Meghan O'Brien, States Newsroom, 12 Feb. 2026
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  • None of this would work without Jennings’s unsettling performance as a persuasive tempter who nonetheless seems creepy as hell.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Though stunt men and women had lent their skills, bones and sometimes very lives to the cause of motion picture entertainment, the contributions of the risk takers, daredevils and fate tempters was usually unbilled and little acknowledged.
    Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 14 June 2025
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  • Hollywood turned him into a beggar.
    Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
  • In the old days beggars were drawn and quartered in that square.
    George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Rage baiters, in short, reflect the dark side of the attention economy.
    Roger J. Kreuz, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Judging by the public reaction, this was only the endgame for the royal race-baiters.
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
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  • Allen Hodges, whose 16-year-old daughter died from an epileptic seizure in 2020, has pushed to clarify the state’s public records law to ensure that such images can’t be released to a requester, the Idaho Capital Sun reported.
    Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The conservative legal group is asking for the total number of FOIA requests the agency receives, how many seek expedited treatment, how many are granted, how many invoke environmental justice as justification, and the identities and affiliations of requesters approved under that provision.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 10 Dec. 2025
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  • Before the third siren at seven o’clock Chitol parked his bicycle alongside hundreds of others like it, his identified by a faded yellow piece of his wife’s old sari around the handlebars, which doubled as a duster.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The cuirass, a piece of armor consisting of a breastplate and backplate fastened together, was inspired by another set piece in the film — a mystical siren painted on a ship.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 18 Feb. 2026

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“Solicitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solicitor. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.

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