attorney
English
/əˈtɜː(ɹ)ni/
noun
Definitions
- (US) A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.
- (UK 19th century and earlier) One such who practised in the courts of the common law (cf solicitor, proctor).
- (UK) A solicitor.
- (obsolete) An agent or representative authorized to act on someone else's behalf.
- (Philippines)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English attourne derived from Old French atorné.
Origin
Old French
atorné
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Cognates and derived terms
- United States English
- United States Attorney English
- attorneydom English
- attorneying English
- attorneyism English
- attorneyship English
- attourne Middle English
- aturnae Irish
- atorné Old French