attorney general

English Thesaurus

1. the position of the head of the Justice Department and the chief law enforcement officer of the United States (noun.act)

hypernym	:	secretaryship,
definition	:	the position of secretary (noun.act)

member meronym	:	united states cabinet, us cabinet,
definition	:	a board to advise the President; members are the secretaries of executive departments; the United States constitution does not provide for the cabinet (noun.group)

2. the chief law officer of a country or state (noun.person)

hypernym	:	law officer, lawman, peace officer,
definition	:	an officer of the law (noun.person)

domain category	:	jurisprudence, law,
definition	:	the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)

3. the person who holds the position of secretary of the Justice Department (noun.person)

hypernym	:	secretary,
definition	:	a person who is head of an administrative department of government (noun.person)