ALL meanings of district attorney
dis·trict at·tor·ney
D d - noun district attorney chief lawyer of a state or area 1
- noun district attorney an officer who acts as attorney for the people or government within a specified district. 1
- countable noun district attorney In the United States, a District Attorney is a lawyer who works for a city, state, or federal government and puts on trial people who are accused of crimes. The abbreviation D.A. is also used. 0
- noun district attorney (in the US) the state prosecuting officer in a specified judicial district 0
- noun district attorney in the U.S., a lawyer serving in a specified judicial district as prosecutor for the state or for the federal government in criminal cases 0
- noun district attorney (US) The title of the local public official who represents the government in the prosecution of alleged criminals. 0