{
    "term": "solicitor",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "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",
            "labels": "(British English)North American EnglishBritish EnglishNorth American English",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her first step was to contact a solicitor for advice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I discussed the matter with my instructing solicitor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is still a practising solicitor at the age of sixty-two."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There will be no court duty solicitor today."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Bridge joined the firm as a trainee solicitor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mr Andrew Davis, solicitor for the Jones family, read a statement."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Law and justice", "Jobs", "Business"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["competent", "good", "qualified"],
                "phrases": ["a firm of solicitors"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person whose job is to visit or phone people and try to sell them something",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the most senior legal officer of a city, town or government department",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈlɪsɪtə(r)/",
                "audio": "so/solicitor/solicitor__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈlɪsɪtər/",
                "audio": "so/solicitor/solicitor__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "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’)."
}