## Meanings
1. A lawyer; someone who advises people on legal matters and represents them in court.
2. A person legally authorized to act on someone else's behalf.

## Examples
- She hired an attorney to handle the lawsuit.
- He gave his daughter power of attorney to manage his finances.

## Derived Forms
- attorney-at-law
- attorney-general
- attorney-in-fact
- attorneydom
- attorneyism
- attorneyship
- cartooney
- subattorney

## Related Forms
- mouthpiece
- spokesperson

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: attourne
- Root: atorné

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

## AI Etymology
Attorney is from Middle English attourne, from Old French atorné, past participle of atorner, atourner, aturner (“to attorn”), in the sense of "one appointed or constituted". Important recorded forms include attourne (Middle English) and atorné (Old French). Current senses include a lawyer; someone who advises people on legal matters and represents them in court and a person legally authorized to act on someone else's behalf. The wider family includes derived forms such as attorney-at-law, attorney-general, attorney-in-fact, attorneydom, and attorneyism and related words such as mouthpiece and spokesperson.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Law & Government
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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