[əˈtəːni], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a lawyer
(e.g: he's an attorney who has a practice in San Diego)

- a person, typically a lawyer, appointed to act for another in business or legal matters


Phrases:

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