noun Download 🔗Share A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession. Examples : "My neighbor hired an attorney to help with her divorce case. " law job person essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (UK 19th century and earlier) One such who practised in the courts of the common law (cf solicitor, proctor). Examples : "Before the modern legal system, a local attorney argued the case for the plaintiff in the county court. " law job history person essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (20th century and later, rare, usually pejorative) A solicitor. Examples : "My brother, a recent law school graduate, insisted on calling himself an attorney, but everyone at work just saw him as a junior solicitor. " law job person essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (obsolete outside set phrases) An agent or representative authorized to act on someone else's behalf. Examples : "My mother acted as an attorney for my younger brother in his school dispute. " law government business politics essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A title given to lawyers and notaries public, or those holders by profession who also do other jobs. Usually capitalized or abbreviated as Atty. Examples : "The attorney represented the student in the school disciplinary hearing. " law job person essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To work as a legal attorney. Examples : "My sister is attending law school to learn how to attorney for people in court cases. " law job government essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To provide with a legal attorney. Examples : "The school district will attorney all students facing disciplinary issues. " law government politics right essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading