Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun attorney_general

3 senses of attorney general

Sense 1
attorney general -- (the chief law officer of a country or state)
       => lawman, law officer, peace officer -- (an officer of the law)

Sense 2
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")
       => secretary -- (a person who is head of an administrative department of government)

Sense 3
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")
       => secretaryship -- (the position of secretary)