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attorney

The correct spelling is attorney.

How to pronounce attorney

/əˈtɜː(ɹ)ni/
noun

IPA: /əˈtɜː(ɹ)ni/

Say it like: Att-orn-ee

The correct spelling is attorney. A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.
  2. 2.(UK 19th century and earlier) One such who practised in the courts of the common law (cf solicitor, proctor).
  3. 3.(20th century and later, rare, usually pejorative) A solicitor.
  4. 4.(obsolete outside set phrases) An agent or representative authorized to act on someone else's behalf.
  5. 5.A title given to lawyers and notaries public, or those holders by profession who also do other jobs. Usually capitalized or abbreviated as Atty.

verb

  1. 1.To work as a legal attorney.
  2. 2.To provide with a legal attorney.

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