Noun: attorney
| Singular | attorney |
| Plural | attorneys |
Sample Sentences
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If those attempts are unsuccessful, the attorney requesting the interrogatories may file a motion for sanctions with the court. The sanctions range from attorney fees to prohibiting the nonanswering party from presenting or defending claims. [2013, James J. Gross, It's Splitsville: Surviving Your Divorce, page 240:]
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“Conflicting out” attorneys is the way a husband will make sure his wife doesn't hire any of the most aggressive lawyers in town. [2017, Diane Medved, Don't Divorce:]
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Near-synonyms: agent, proxy, representative
Nouns inflected like attorney
chimney,
honey,
attorney,
donkey,
galley,
monkey,
turkey,
pulley,
valley,
storey,
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". See: Middle English Nouns '
attourne'.