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   attorney

   /əˈtəːni/

   noun

   • 1. a lawyer: US "he's an attorney who has a practice in San Diego"
   • ▪ a solicitor. South African
   • 2. a person, typically a lawyer, appointed to act for another in business or legal matters.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French atorne, past participle of atorner ‘assign’, from a ‘towards’ + torner ‘to turn’ (see attorn).

   Derivatives

   • 1. attorneyship noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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