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attorney general
noun
plural attorneys general, attorney generals.
- the chief law officer of a country or state and head of its legal department. : att. gen.
- Attorney General, the head of the U.S. Department of Justice: a member of the president's cabinet. : Atty. Gen.
Attorney General
1noun
- (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
- (in the US) the chief law officer and legal adviser to the Administration: head of the Department of Justice and member of the cabinet
- (in Australia and New Zealand) the chief government law officer: a member of Parliament and usually a cabinet minister
attorney general
2noun
- a country's chief law officer and senior legal adviser to its government
- (in the US) the chief law officer and legal adviser of a state government
- (in some states of the US) a public prosecutor
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Origin of attorney general1
First recorded in 1575–85
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