| Attorney |
A substitute; a proxy; an agent. |
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| Attorney |
One who is legally appointed by another to transact any business for him; an attorney in fact. |
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| Attorney |
A legal agent qualified to act for suitors and defendants in legal proceedings; an attorney at law. |
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| Attorney |
To perform by proxy; to employ as a proxy. |
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| Brigadier general |
An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below a major general. He commands a brigade, and is sometimes called, by a shortening of his title, simple a brigadier. |
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| Postmasters-general |
of Postmaster-general |
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| Postmaster-general |
The chief officer of the post-office department of a government. In the United States the postmaster-general is a member of the cabinet. |
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| Solicitor-general |
The second law officer in the government of Great Britain; also, a similar officer under the United States government, who is associated with the attorney-general; also, the chief law officer of some of the States. |
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| States-general |
In France, before the Revolution, the assembly of the three orders of the kingdom, namely, the clergy, the nobility, and the third estate, or commonalty. |
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| States-general |
In the Netherlands, the legislative body, composed of two chambers. |
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| General |
Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable economy. |
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| General |
Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or particular; including all particulars; as, a general inference or conclusion. |
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| General |
Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a loose and general expression. |
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| General |
Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread; prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general opinion; a general custom. |
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| General |
Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam, our general sire. |
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| General |
As a whole; in gross; for the most part. |
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| General |
Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or method. |
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| General |
The whole; the total; that which comprehends or relates to all, or the chief part; -- opposed to particular. |
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| General |
One of the chief military officers of a government or country; the commander of an army, of a body of men not less than a brigade. In European armies, the highest military rank next below field marshal. |
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| General |
The roll of the drum which calls the troops together; as, to beat the general. |
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