What does solicitor mean?
Word: Solicitor
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Solicitor means a person who gives people legal advice and prepares official documents, especially in Britain.
How do you spell solicitor?
Syllables: so - lic - i - tor
Tricky part: The ending is or, not er, even though it is said with the same weak sound as the end of sister.
Watch out for: soliciter, sollicitor, solicitar
Memory tip: A solicitor keeps your papers in good order, so let the job title finish the way order begins.
Solicitor in a sentence
Example 1: My aunt works as a solicitor in London and helps families buy their homes.
Example 2: Mr Rao asked a solicitor to explain each page of the long document.
Example 3: Some solicitors help small businesses write clear contracts with their suppliers.
Fun Fact
In the USA a sign saying No solicitors on a front door has nothing to do with legal advice: there, a solicitor can also be someone who goes from door to door selling things.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The solisitor read through the papers slowly before my uncle bought the shop.
a) papers
b) uncle
c) solisitor
d) slowly
Show answer
c) solisitor. The s sound in the middle is spelt with a c, the same letter that starts the word city.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) solicitor
b) architekt
c) enginear
d) jurnalist
Show answer
a) solicitor. Engineer ends in eer, architect ends in ct and journalist starts with jour, so only one job is spelt right.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
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a) solitude
b) soldier
c) solicitor
d) scooter
Show answer
c) solicitor. Solitude and soldier both need a d, and scooter has no l or i, so the nine letters make only the job title.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
solicitor
a) lawyer
b) teacher
c) banker
d) builder
Show answer
a) lawyer. A solicitor is one kind of lawyer, the kind who mostly gives advice and prepares documents.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these would you most likely take to a solicitor?
a) a cake for a birthday party
b) a shirt that needs ironing
c) a bicycle with a flat tyre
d) an agreement you need to sign
Show answer
d) an agreement you need to sign
2. To become a solicitor, a person must first ____.
a) learn to fly a plane
b) train as a chef
c) win a cricket match
d) study the law for years
Show answer
d) study the law for years
