Originally: an agent, spokesperson, or advocate; a deputy, a representative. In later use, esp. in French contexts: esp. an attorney or legal…

gen. A legal representative or deputy acting under a general commission or ‘power’ of attorney, and representing his principal in all legal matters…

Usually in French contexts: an agent or representative, esp. an attorney or legal representative. Cf. procurator, n.1 4.

? A go-between, intermediary; an attorney. Obsolete Cant.

an Attorney-General. Obsolete.

(a) a man of businesslike habits, one skilled in business (in various senses) (now rare); †(b) a man engaged in public affairs (obsolete); (c)…

Chiefly Scottish and U.S. A lawyer, attorney, or business agent; = man of business n. (c) at business, n. phrases 28b. Now rare.

In India, from the early 19th to the mid 20th cent.: an authorized agent; an attorney or solicitor. Now historical.