attorney general
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attorney general
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From Anglo-Norman and Law French, (modern French avocat général or procureur général), hence the unusual order of adjective following noun, instead of idiomatic English *general attorney. Compare court martial, notary public, secretary general, surgeon general.
noun attorneys general · attorney generals · Attorney-General · attorney-general
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The chief legal advisor to the government, overseeing legal affairs and ensuring that laws are uniformly and justly applied.
If you do wrongfully ſeize Herford's right,
call in his Letters Patents that he hath
By his Atturneyes generall, to ſue[…]
Similar: AG, Atty. Gen.
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noun major government officer
| Español | fiscal general, procurador general, procuradora general |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 検事総長 kenji sōchō |
| 中文 | 司法部長 /司法部长 sīfǎ bùzhǎng |
| Português | procurador geral, procuradora geral |
| Français | procureur général |
| Deutsch | Generalstaatsanwalt |
| Italiano | procuratore generale |
| Română | procuror general |
| Русский | мини́стр юсти́ции minístr justícii, генера́льный прокуро́р generálʹnyj prokurór, генпрокуро́р genprokurór |
| العربية | نَائِب عَامّ nāʔib ʕāmm |
| עברית | תובע כללי, תובעת כללית |
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