| 1. | a law officer who maintains the rights of the state in suits affecting the public interest, next in rank to the attorney general. |
| 2. | the chief legal officer in some states. |
| 3. | (initial capital letters ) the law officer of the U.S. government next below the Attorney General, having charge of appeals, as to the Supreme Court. |
| solicitor general n. pl. solicitors general Abbr. SG
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