ATTORNEY GENERAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Attorney General mean? 

• ATTORNEY GENERAL (noun)
  The noun ATTORNEY GENERAL has 3 senses:

1. the chief law officer of a country or state

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

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

  Familiarity information: ATTORNEY GENERAL used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATTORNEY GENERAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The chief law officer of a country or state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("attorney general" is a kind of...):

law officer; lawman; peace officer (an officer of the law)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Attorney General; United States Attorney General; US Attorney General

Context example:

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

Hypernyms ("Attorney General" is a kind of...):

secretary (a person who is head of an administrative department of government)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Attorney General; Attorney General of the United States

Context example:

the post of Attorney General was created in 1789

Hypernyms ("Attorney General" is a kind of...):

secretaryship (the position of secretary)

Holonyms ("Attorney General" is a member of...):

United States Cabinet; US Cabinet (a board to advise the President; members are the secretaries of executive departments; the United States constitution does not provide for the cabinet)