attorney

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A lawyer; someone who advises people on legal matters and represents them in court.

   She hired an attorney to handle the lawsuit.

2. 2
   noun

   A person legally authorized to act on someone else's behalf.

   He gave his daughter power of attorney to manage his finances.

From Middle English attourne, from Old French atorné, past participle of atorner, atourner, aturner (“to attorn”), in the sense of "one appointed or constituted".

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