Definition of ATTORNEY

attorney

Plural: attorneys, attornies

Noun

  • A person appointed to act for another in legal matters.
  • 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.

Examples

  • When a word is challenged, the dictionary acts as the final 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

lawyer, advocate[Appendix:Glossary#narrow|narrower]] distinctions>, barrister, counsel, counselor, solicitor

Scrabble Score: 11

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

Words With Friends Score: 11

attorney: valid Words With Friends Word