单词 | attorney general |
释义 | attorney generalSEE SYNONYMS FOR attorney general ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural attorneys general, attorney generals.the chief law officer of a country or state and head of its legal department. Abbreviation: att. gen. Attorney General, the head of the U.S. Department of Justice: a member of the president's cabinet. Abbreviation: Atty. Gen. Origin of attorney generalFirst recorded in 1575–85 Words nearby attorney generalattolaser, attophysics, attorn, attorney, attorney-at-law, attorney general, attorney general of the United States, attorney-in-fact, attotesla, attract, attractancy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for attorney general (1 of 2)attorney general noun plural attorneys general or attorney generalsa 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 British Dictionary definitions for attorney general (2 of 2)Attorney General noun(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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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