attorney general

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: {Attorney General},
       {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}, {Attorney General of the United States}]