attorney
Meaning of attorney
noun
a person, typically a lawyer, appointed to act for another in business or legal matters.
Middle English: from Old French atorne, past participle of atorner ‘assign’, from a ‘towards’ + torner ‘to turn’ (see attorn).
Information about attorney
- It is a name.
- The plural form of attorney is: attorneys.
- Languages in which attorney is used:
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Hyphenation of attorney
at-tor-ney
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- attorney is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
attorney synonyms
Meaning lawyer:
Translation of attorney
- Italian: avvocato
- Spanish: abogado, abogada, letrado, letrada
- French: avocat, juriste
- Portuguese: advogado
- German: Advokat, Anwalt
Words that rhyme with attorney
Arney, Barney, Carney, Darney, Karney, Kearney, Killarney, Marney, Varney, barney, blarney, carney, sarney, Alderney, Cherney, Duverney, Ferney, Inerney, Tierney, Verney, Birney, Corney, Forney, Horney, Korney, subattorney, torney, Burney, Gurney, Sigourney, Turney, curney, gurney, journey, outjourney, rejourney, sojourney, tourney, turney
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