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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. the chief law officer of a country or state;

2. the person who holds the position of secretary of the Justice Department;
- Example: "Edmund Randolph was the first Attorney General, appointed by President Washington"
[syn: Attorney General, United States Attorney General, US Attorney General]

3. the position of the head of the Justice Department and the chief law enforcement officer of the United States;
- Example: "the post of Attorney General was created in 1789"
[syn: Attorney General, Attorney General of the United States]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

attorney general
    n 1: the chief law officer of a country or state
    2: the person who holds the position of secretary of the Justice
       Department; "Edmund Randolph was the first Attorney General,
       appointed by President Washington" [syn: Attorney General,
       United States Attorney General, US Attorney General]
    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" [syn: Attorney
       General, Attorney General of the United States]