ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Attorney General of the United States mean? 

• ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES (noun)
  The noun ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES (noun)

Sense 1

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 of the United States" is a kind of...):

secretaryship (the position of secretary)

Holonyms ("Attorney General of the United States" 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)