attorney general

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From Anglo-Norman and Law French, (modern French avocat général or procureur général), hence the unusual order of adjective following noun, instead of idiomatic English *general attorney. Compare court martial, notary public, secretary general, surgeon general.

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: نَائِب عَامّ (nāʔib ʕāmm) — major government officer
• Bulgarian: гла́вен прокуро́р (gláven prokurór) — major government officer
• Burmese: ရှေ့နေချုပ် (hre.nehkyup) — major government officer
• Chinese Mandarin: 司法部長 /司法部长 (sīfǎ bùzhǎng) — major government officer
• Czech: generální prokurátor — major government officer
• Danish: justitsminister — major government officer
• Dutch: procureur-generaal — major government officer
• Estonian: õiguskantsler — major government officer
• Finnish: oikeuskansleri — major government officer
• Finnish: valtakunnansyyttäjä — major government officer
• French: procureur général — major government officer
• Georgian: იუსტიციის მინისტრი (iusṭiciis minisṭri) — major government officer
• Georgian: გენერალური პროკურორი (generaluri ṗroḳurori) — major government officer
• Georgian: გენერალური ატორნეი (generaluri aṭornei) — major government officer
• German: Generalstaatsanwalt — major government officer
• Hausa: atone-janar — major government officer
• Hebrew: תובע כללי — major government officer
• Hebrew: תובעת כללית — major government officer
• Hungarian: főállamügyész — major government officer
• Hungarian: igazságügy-miniszter — major government officer
• Indonesian: jaksa agung — major government officer
• Irish: Ard-Aighne — major government officer
• Italian: procuratore generale — major government officer
• Japanese: 検事総長 (kenji sōchō) — major government officer
• Malay: peguam negara — major government officer
• Māori: rōia matua — major government officer
• Norwegian Bokmål: justisminister — major government officer
• Norwegian Nynorsk: justisminister — major government officer
• Polish: prokurator generalny — major government officer
• Portuguese: procurador geral — major government officer
• Portuguese: procuradora geral — major government officer
• Romanian: procuror general — major government officer
• Russian: мини́стр юсти́ции (minístr justícii) — major government officer
• Russian: генера́льный прокуро́р (generálʹnyj prokurór) — major government officer
• Russian: генпрокуро́р (genprokurór) — major government officer
• Slovak: generálny prokurátor — major government officer
• Spanish: fiscal general — major government officer
• Spanish: procurador general — major government officer
• Spanish: procuradora general — major government officer
• Swedish: kronjurist — major government officer
• Swedish: justitieminister — major government officer
• Ukrainian: генера́льний прокуро́р (henerálʹnyj prokurór) — major government officer
• Welsh: twrnai cyffredinol — major government officer