Dictionary definition · Federal
noun
- a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
- any federal law-enforcement officer
adjective
- being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War"Union soldiers"
- of or relating to the central government of a federation"a federal district is one set aside as the seat of the national government"
- characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities"a federal system like that of the United States"
- national; especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units"the Federal Bureau of Investigation"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).