DA | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of DA in English DAnoun [ C ] US uk /ˌdiːˈeɪ/ us /ˌdiːˈeɪ/ Add to word list Add to word list abbreviation for district attorney Lawyers & legal officials

• amicus
• articled
• articled clerk
• attorney
• attorney general
• firm
• I rest my case idiom
• KC
• law clerk
• law firm
• parole officer
• pettifogger
• probation officer
• procurator
• procurator fiscal
• special prosecutor
• super-firm
• superlawyer
• take silk idiom
• tribune

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D.A. | American Dictionary

D.A.noun [ C ] Add to word list Add to word list abbreviation for district attorney (Definition of DA from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

D.A. | Business English

D.A.noun [ C ] uk us Add to word list Add to word list LAW abbreviation for district attorney (Definition of DA from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of DA, D.A.?

Translations of DA

in Chinese (Traditional) 地方檢察官（district attorney的縮寫）… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 地方检察官（district attorney的缩写）… See more in Spanish forma abreviada de "district attorney":, fiscal de distrito, fiscal del distrito [masculine-feminine]… See more in Portuguese forma abreviada de "district attorney":, promotor público, promotora pública… See more in Japanese in Turkish in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Ukrainian 地方検事（ちほうけんじ）… See more bölge avukatı… See more officier van justitie bij een arrondissementsrechtbank… See more okresní prokurátor… See more distriktsadvokat… See more JPU (Jaksa Penuntut Umum)… See more อัยการ… See more Ủy viên công tố quận… See more prokurator okręgowy… See more allmän klagare… See more Pendakwa Raya… See more der Staatsanwalt… See more скор., окружний прокурор… See more Need a translator?

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More meanings of DA

• district attorney
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• DA, at district attorney
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