attorney

Meaning

Noun

1. (US) A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.
2. An agent or representative authorized to act on someone else's behalf in accordance with that person's instructions.
3. (UK, dated) One such who practised in the courts of the common law.
4. (UK, derogatory, rare, usually) A solicitor.
5. (Philippines, US, sometimes) 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. (intransitive, rare) To work as a legal attorney.
2. (rare, transitive) To provide with a legal attorney.

Synonyms

lawyer

barrister

advocate

solicitor

counsel

counselor

agent

pleader

representative

proxy

counsellor

deputy

alternate

attorney at law

sollicitor

substitute

broker

dealer

stand-in

proctor

distributor

defender

prosecutor

avocat

acting

counsel for prosecution

agency

attorneyship

counselor-at-law

etc.

jurist

lawman

legal adviser

legal authority

legal expert

litigator

notary

plenipotentiary

procurator

public prosecutor

representation

supporter

pleading by proxy

speaking for another

advocacy

expert of law

law agent

vakil

Translations

abogado

avocat

avvocato

Rechtsanwalt

δικηγόρος

advocaat

advocat

avukat

advogado

Anwalt

défenseur

procureur

advocatus

legale

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈtɜː(ɹ)ni/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: attourne

In summary

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 .