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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
attorney /əˈtəːni/

▶noun (pl. attorneys) a person, typically a lawyer, appointed to act for another in legal matters.

■ chiefly US a qualified lawyer.

– derivatives
attorneyship noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. atorne, past part. of atorner ‘assign’, from a ‘towards’ + torner ‘turn’.

'attorney' also found in these Oxford entries:

AG - attorn - Attorney General - Atty - Crown attorney - DA - district attorney - lawyer - power of attorney - procuration - relator - Solicitor General

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