A lawyer in Great Britain, who is employed as counsel for the queen.
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The second law officer in the government of Great Britain; also, a similar officer under the United States government, who is associated with the attorney-general; also, the chief law officer of some of the States.
Solicitor-general
Encyclopedia Britannica
SOLICITOR-GENERAL. See Attorney-General. The position of the solicitor-general for Scotland in the main corresponds with that of the English solicitorgeneral. He is next in rank to the lord-advocate. In the United States the office of solicitor-general of the United States was created by Act of Congress in 1870.
9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 22, p. 251
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