Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

united states attorney

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.57 in modern English

Syllables: unit-ed s-tates at-tor-ney
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A title for some attorneys for the federal government of the United States of America. The head of the government attorneys' office and prosecutor's office for a court district in the U.S. federal district court system, which represents the government's position.

Etymology

From United States + attorney.

Inflected Forms

United States Attorneys (plural)

Synonyms

USA U.S.A. U. S. A. US Attorney U.S. Attorney U. S. Attorney

Questions

What does united states attorney mean?: A title for some attorneys for the federal government of the United States of America. The head of the government attorneys' office and prosecutor's office for a court district in the U.S. federal district court system, which represents the government's position.
Where does united states attorney come from?: From United States + attorney.

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