plural attorneys
: one who is legally appointed to transact business on another's behalf
especially
: lawyer
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Examples of attorney in a Sentence
talked to the count's attorney about buying land from his estate
finished law school and became an attorney
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After Labrador’s office responded to a lawsuit filed by a set of developers against the state, tensions between the two offices this month prompted the governor to substitute an outside private attorney for the attorney general’s lawyers.
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Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 25 May 2024
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, members of the Congressional Black Caucus and the NAACP, had urged President Biden to issue a presidential pardon for her.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 24 May 2024
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Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 25 May 2024
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, members of the Congressional Black Caucus and the NAACP, had urged President Biden to issue a presidential pardon for her.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 24 May 2024
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“Attorney.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attorney. Accessed 3 Jun. 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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