federal

• (s) national; especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units
  • the Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • federal courts
  • the federal highway program
  • federal property
• (a) of or relating to the central government of a federation
  • a federal district is one set aside as the seat of the national government
• (s) being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War
  • Union soldiers
  • Federal forces
  • a Federal infantryman
  Union,
• (a) 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
  • federal governments often evolved out of confederations

Nouns

• (n) a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War Federal soldier, Union soldier,
• (n) any federal law-enforcement officer Fed, federal official,

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