Source : WordNet®

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:
         {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 of the United States}]