attorney
//əˈtɜːni//
Forms
- Plural
- attorneys
Definitions
1.A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.
- “Conflicting out” attorneys is the way a husband will make sure his wife doesn't hire any of the most aggressive lawyers in town.
2.An agent or representative authorized to act on someone else's behalf in accordance with that person's instructions.
3.An honorific given to lawyers and notaries public, or those holders by profession who also do other jobs. Usually capitalized or abbreviated as Atty.
4.An attorney tree (Clusia spp.)
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1102
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
From Middle English attourne
From Old French atorné, past participle of atorner, atourner, aturner (“to attorn”), in the sense of "one appointed or constituted".