attorney general

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The chief legal advisor to the government, overseeing legal affairs and ensuring that laws are uniformly and justly applied.

Equivalents

Españolfiscal general procurador general procuradora general

Françaisprocureur général

DeutschGeneralstaatsanwalt

18 more languages

العربيةنَائِب عَامّ

Cymraegtwrnai cyffredinol

Suomioikeuskansleri oikeusministeri valtakunnansyyttäjä

GaeilgeArd-Aighne

Hausaatone-janar

Magyarigazságügy-miniszter

Bahasa Indonesiajaksa agung

Italianoprocuratore generale

日本語司法長官検事総長

ქართულიიუსტიციის მინისტრი

Bahasa Melayupeguam negara

မြန်မာရှေ့နေချုပ်

Nederlandsprocureur-generaal

Portuguêsprocurador geral procuradora geral

Русскийгенера́льный прокуро́р генпрокурор мини́стр юсти́ции

Svenskajustitieminister kronjurist

ไทยอัยการสูงสุด

Türkçesavcı

Examples

“If you do wrongfully ſeize Herford's right, call ⟳ in his Letters Patents that he hath By his Atturneyes generall, to ſue[…]”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

attorney of record attorney record attorney-at-law attorney-client privilege attorney-general attorney-in-fact

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