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UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL

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

1. the person who holds the position of secretary of the Justice Departmentplay

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


English dictionary: Word details


UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The person who holds the position of secretary of the Justice Department

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Attorney General; United States Attorney General; US Attorney General

Context example:

Edmund Randolph was the first Attorney General, appointed by President Washington

Hypernyms ("United States Attorney General" is a kind of...):

secretary (a person who is head of an administrative department of government)


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