plural attorneys
: one who is legally appointed to transact business on another's behalf
especially
: lawyer
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talked to the count's attorney about buying land from his estate
finished law school and became an attorney
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Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
The actress, who plays an attorney and de facto detective, allows an honest revelation.
—Ralphie Aversa, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
This fall, the Journal Sentinel examined legal filings associated with 56 independent medical professionals with ties to Wisconsin cases — and more than 3,500 cases nationally — then talked with patients, doctors, insurers and attorneys.
—Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024
Hudbay’s original plan was a stretch of a law that generally favors mineral production on public lands, said Heidi McIntosh, an attorney with the nonprofit environmental law firm Earthjustice who argued and won on the tribes’ behalf.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Attorney.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attorney. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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attorney
noun
at·tor·ney
ə-ˈtər-nē 
plural attorneys
: a person authorized to act on another's behalf
especially
: lawyer see also attorney-in-fact
Etymology
Anglo-French atorné legal representative, from past participle of atorner to designate, appoint, from Old French, to prepare, arrange see attorn
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