attorney general   (TTS Sound)

The noun attorney general has 3 senses

• attorney general -- (the chief law officer of a country or state)


• Attorney General, United States Attorney General, US Attorney General -- (the person who holds the position of secretary of the Justice Department; "Edmund Randolph was the first Attorney General, appointed by President Washington")


• Attorney General, Attorney General of the United States -- (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")