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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
- 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
- the federal highway program
Noun
- any federal law-enforcement officer
- a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War