attorney

Meaning

Noun

1. A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.
2. One such who practised in the courts of the common law.
3. A solicitor.
4. An agent or representative authorized to act on someone else's behalf.
5. An honorific given to lawyers and notaries public, or those holders by profession who also do other jobs. Usually capitalized or abbreviated as Atty.
6. Clusia spp.
7. A prosecutor

Verb

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

Concepts

attorney

lawyer

barrister

advocate

solicitor

counsel

agent

counselor

pleader

representative

proxy

deputy

counsellor

sollicitor

attorney at law

alternate

substitute

defender

broker

dealer

distributor

stand-in

proctor

prosecutor

etc.

advocacy

pleading by proxy

speaking for another

acting

agency

representation

expert of law

legal authority

plenipotentiary

legal expert

vakil

procurator

attorneyship

law agent

litigator

notary

public prosecutor

counsel for prosecution

avocat

counselor-at-law

jurist

lawman

legal adviser

supporter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈtɜː(ɹ)ni/

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".

Sentences

The government head of its legal wing is the Attorney General of India .

He served as the attorney for the City and Township of Berwyn .