5 definitions
Solicitor General (n.) is the tenth justice, the one who argues and never votes.
Solicitor General (n.) is the government's lawyer at the one court the government cannot fire.
Solicitor General (n.) is a lawyer who must defend whatever the government did, then explain why it meant something else.
Solicitor General (n.) is the post where a career is made by losing gracefully in front of nine people.
Solicitor General (n.) is a lawyer whose briefs are read by the court and whose losses are read by the president.