attorney general

1. 1.

   the chief law officer of a country or state

   Broaderlawman

   law

2. 2.

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

   “Edmund Randolph was the first Attorney General, appointed by President Washington”

   SynonymsUnited States Attorney GeneralUS Attorney General

   Broadersecretary
3. 3.

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

   “the post of Attorney General was created in 1789”

   SynonymsAttorney General of the United States

   Broadersecretaryship

   Part ofUnited States Cabinet

Questions about attorney general

What does attorney general mean?

attorney general means "the chief law officer of a country or state". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for attorney general?

Close synonyms include United States Attorney General, US Attorney General, Attorney General of the United States. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is attorney general a common word?

attorney general is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.