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federal
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Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
  • of or relating to the central government of a federation
    • a federal district is one set aside as the seat of the national government
  • 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
Noun
  • any federal law-enforcement officer
  • a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
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