attorney

Part of speech: noun

One empowered to act for another; a lawyer.

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Usage examples "attorney":

  1. " Here I am, captain," said the attorney. - "Cy Whittaker's Place", Joseph C. Lincoln.
  2. After that, I shall be attorney- general for the state. - "Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man", Marie Conway Oemler.
  3. As your attorney, Miss Vaughan, I said, it is my duty to advise you that this will would probably not hold in law. - "The Gloved Hand", Burton E. Stevenson.