attorney.
A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.
Meaning & usage
A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.
An agent or representative authorized to act on someone else's behalf in accordance with that person's instructions.
One such who practised in the courts of the common law.
A solicitor.
An honorific given to lawyers and notaries public, or those holders by profession who also do other jobs. Usually capitalized or abbreviated as Atty.
An attorney tree (Clusia spp.)
A prosecutor.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English attourne, from Old French atorné, past participle of atorner, atourner, aturner (“to attorn”), in the sense of "one appointed or constituted".
To work as a legal attorney.
To provide with a legal attorney.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English attourne, from Old French atorné, past participle of atorner, atourner, aturner (“to attorn”), in the sense of "one appointed or constituted".
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