ATTORNEY

n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A substitute; a proxy; an agent. [Obs.] And will have no attorney but myself. Shak.

2.
n.

One who is legally appointed by another to transact any business for him; an attorney in fact.

3.
n.

A legal agent qualified to act for suitors and defendants in legal proceedings; an attorney at law.

4.
v.

To perform by proxy; to employ as a proxy. [Obs.] Shak.