attorney general

Etymology
From /, (modern French or ), hence the unusual order of adjective following noun, instead of idiomatic English *general attorney. Compare, , ,.

Noun

 * 1) A major government officer throughout the English-speaking world, generally responsible for interpreting the law for the head of government and executive department and functioning as chief prosecutor, with the ability to bring civil and criminal actions directly.
 * Janet Reno was US Attorney General under Bill Clinton.

Translations

 * Arabic: نَائِب عَامّ
 * Burmese:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 司法部長
 * Czech: generální prokurátor
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: იუსტიციის მინისტრი, გენერალური პროკურორი, გენერალური ატორნეი
 * German:
 * Hausa: atone-janar
 * Hebrew: תובע כללי, תובעת כללית
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: Ard-Aighne
 * Japanese: 検事総長
 * Malay: peguam negara
 * Maori: rōia matua
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: justisminister
 * Polish: prokurator generalny
 * Portuguese: Procurador(a) Geral
 * Russian: мини́стр юсти́ции,
 * Spanish: fiscal general
 * Swedish: kronjurist ,
 * Welsh: twrnai cyffredinol