attorney
nounverbcommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//əˈtɜːni//
- United States//əˈtɜɹni//
- //ʔɐˈtoɹ.ni//
A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.
noun
- 1
A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.
If those attempts are unsuccessful, the attorney requesting the interrogatories may file a motion for sanctions with the court. The sanctions range from attorney fees to prohibiting the nonanswering party from presenting or defending claims.
“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.
Near-synonyms: agent, proxy, representative
- 3
datedOne such who practised in the courts of the common law.
- 4
rareA solicitor.
- 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
An attorney tree (Clusia spp.)
- 7
A prosecutor.
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".
verb
- 1
rareTo work as a legal attorney.
- 2
rareTo provide with a legal attorney.
Forms
- plural
- attorneys, attornies
- past tense
- attorneyed
- past participle
- attorneyed
- present participle
- attorneying
- third person singular
- attorneys
attorney · A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.
attract · To pull toward without touching.attracted · drawn towardsattraction · The tendency to attract.