attorney

Meanings

Noun

a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
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.
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A prosecutor.

Verb

To work as a legal attorney.
To provide with a legal attorney.

Origin / 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".

Synonyms

advocate[Appendix:Glossary, barrister, counsel, counselor, lawyer, solicitor

Scrabble Score: 11

attorney is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
attorney is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
attorney is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

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