Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

district attorney

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.53 in modern English

Syllables: dis-tric-t at-tor-ney
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The title of the local public official who represents the government in the prosecution of alleged criminals.

American usage

Example Sentences

"(initialisms)"

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

district attorneys (plural)

Synonyms

DA D.A. D. A.

Questions

What does district attorney mean?: The title of the local public official who represents the government in the prosecution of alleged criminals.

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