federal

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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Union , Federal , Fed , federal official , Federal soldier , Union soldier