attorney
noun
a lawyer; attorney-at-law.
attorneyship
-
a word derived from
attorney.
Example Sentences
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To the amazement of many an observer, Tammany also won the New York county district attorneyship for William Copeland Dodge, an obscure lower court judge.
From Time Magazine Archive
When Stennis went down to the White House to push a friend for a U.S. attorneyship, Harry Truman didn't even ask him, Stennis reported, how he intended to vote on Taft-Hartley.
From Time Magazine Archive
Frank MacGowan was Langdon's foeman in the struggle for the district attorneyship.
From Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts by Louis J. (Louis John) Stellman
A rival applicant received the coveted attorneyship and we bade a sad farewell to piano, saddle-horse, automobile and journey, the furnishings to our Little House of Dreams.
From Our Next-Door Neighbors by Belle Kanaris Maniates
After some years of private practice Commodore Vanderbilt sent for me and offered the attorneyship for the New York and Harlem Railroad.
From My Memories of Eighty Years by Chauncey M. (Chauncey Mitchell) Depew
