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Attorney General

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Noun

1. attorney general

the chief law officer of a country or state

2. attorney general, united states attorney general, us attorney general

the person who holds the position of secretary of the Justice Department

Example Sentences:
'Edmund Randolph was the first Attorney General, appointed by President Washington'

3. attorney general, attorney general of the united states

the position of the head of the Justice Department and the chief law enforcement officer of the United States

Example Sentences:
'the post of Attorney General was created in 1789'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Attorney General

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nounWord forms: plural attorneys general or attorney generals
1. 
a country's chief law officer and senior legal adviser to its government
2. 
(in the US) the chief law officer and legal adviser of a state government
3. 
(in some states of the US) a public prosecutor
noun
1. 
(in the United Kingdom except Scotland) the senior law officer and chief legal counsel of the Crown: a member of the government and of the House of Commons
2. 
(in the US) the chief law officer and legal adviser to the Administration: head of the Department of Justice and member of the cabinet
3. 
(in Australia and New Zealand) the chief government law officer: a member of Parliament and usually a cabinet minister

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Attorney General

see synonyms of attorney general
Word forms: plural attorneys general or attorney generals
1. 
the chief law officer and representative in legal matters of a national or state government, and the legal advisor to the chief executive
2.  [A- G-]
the head of the U.S. Department of Justice and member of the President's Cabinet

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Attorney General

see synonyms of attorney general
n. pl. attorneys general or attorney generals
1. The chief law officer and legal counsel of the government of a state or nation.
2. Attorney General The head of the US Department of Justice and a member of the President's cabinet.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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