attorney
UK/əˈtɜːni//əˈtɜɹni/
attorney noun: a lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.
Noun
attorney (plural attorneys or (obsolete) attornies)
- 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.2013, James J. Gross, It's Splitsville: Surviving Your Divorce, page 240
- “Conflicting out” attorneys is the way a husband will make sure his wife doesn't hire any of the most aggressive lawyers in town.2017, Diane Medved, Don't Divorce
- An agent or representative authorized to act on someone else's behalf in accordance with that person's instructions.
- Near-synonyms: agent, proxy, representative
- Synonyms:
- agent, proxy, representative
- 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.
- An attorney tree (Clusia spp.)
- A prosecutor.
Verb
attorney (third-person singular simple present attorneys, present participle attorneying, simple past and past participle attorneyed)
- To work as a legal attorney.
- To provide with a legal attorney.
attorney meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
attorney in Tamil
- lawyer
- வழக்கறிஞர் vaḻakkaṟiñar
attorney in Urdu
- lawyer
- وکیل vakīl
attorney in Bengali
- অ্যাটর্নি, আইনজীবী, ন্যায়বাদী, আইনজীবী বিশেষ, আইনসম্মত প্রতিনিধি, টর্নী
attorney in Telugu
- lawyer
- న్యాయవాది nyāyavādi
More languagesFewer languages
- attorney in Malayalam
- മുക്തിയാർ muktiyāṟ
- attorney in Kannada
- ಕಟ್ಟಲೆಯರಿಗ, ವಕೀಲ, ನ್ಯಾಯವಾದಿ
- attorney in Punjabi
- ਬਸੀਠ basīṭh, ਮੁਖ਼ਤਿਆਰ muxtiāra
- attorney in Gujarati
- એટર્ની
- attorney in Odia
- ଆଟର୍ଣ୍ଣି
- attorney in Tagalog
- manananggol, abogado
- attorney in Arabic
- مُحَامٍ muḥāmin, مُحَامِيَة muḥāmiya
- attorney in Indonesian
- jaksa
- attorney in Vietnamese
- luật sư, người bào chữa, người biện hộ, biện hộ viên
- attorney in Myanmar
- ရှေ့နေ hre.ne
Examples of attorney in a sentence
- When a minor is involved, tutelary powers frequently accompany powers of attorney.
- The defense attorney maintained that the charges were a confection of the local police.
- The attorney peppered him with rapid fire questions, barely giving him time to reply.
Synonyms of attorney
- lawyer
- barrister
- solicitor
- counsel
- counselor
- advocate[Appendix:Glossary
- abogado
- advocate
- avocat
- legal representative
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Forms of attorney
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | attorneys |
| plural (obsolete) | attornies |
| alternative form (obsolete) | actorney |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | attorneys |
| present participle | attorneying |
| past participle | attorneyed |
| past | attorneyed |
Origin of attorney
From Middle English attourne, from Old French atorné, past participle of atorner, atourner, aturner (“to attorn”), in the sense of "one appointed or constituted".
Words formed from attorney
- attorney-at-law
- attorney at law
- attorney-client privilege
- attorneydom
- attorney for service
- attorney-general
- attorney general
- attorney-in-fact
- attorneyism
- attorney of record
- attorney record
- attorneyship
- cartooney
- Crown attorney
- defense attorney
- district attorney
- letter of attorney
- patent attorney
- plaintiff's attorney
- power of attorney
- prosecuting attorney
- Scotch attorney
- state attorney
- state's attorney
- subattorney
- substitution of attorney
- trade mark attorney
- transactional attorney
- United States Attorney
- warrant of attorney
Phrases with attorney
Words that rhyme with attorney
Questions about attorney
- What does attorney mean?
- Attorney means a lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.
- What is attorney in Tamil?
- Attorney in Tamil is வழக்கறிஞர் (vaḻakkaṟiñar). See Attorney meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is attorney?
- Attorney can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce attorney?
- Attorney is pronounced /əˈtɜːni/ (UK).
- What is the plural of attorney?
- The plural of attorney is attorneys.
Words near attorney in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: attorney (page history and authors); attorney (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); മുക്തിയാർ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); attorney (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਬਸੀਠ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); attorney (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); attorney (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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