attorney
noun
a lawyer; attorney-at-law.
attorneyship
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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
Marriage is a matter of more worth, lady," he said, as he at length rose from his seat; "than to be dealt in by attorneyship.
From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Henry Curling
Lincoln, at his first sight of Douglas, during the contest with Hardin for the attorneyship, pronounced him "the least man he ever saw."
From Stephen Arnold Douglas by William Garrott Brown
To one who had not seen Noah since his first days of attorneyship, he presented an unfamiliar appearance.
From A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice
