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attorney general

  1. the chief law officer and representative in legal matters of a national or state government, and the legal advisor to the chief executive
  2. the head of the U.S. Department of Justice and member of the President's Cabinet

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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