Solicitor: alternatives and connections

A substitute; a proxy; an agent.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence…

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One who presents a petition.

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One who requests; a petitioner.

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Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching; supplicating.

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Entreating; asking submissively.

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To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its p…

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To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its p…

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One who canvasses.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.