Federal
14 definitions retrieved  Federal \Fed"er*al\, a. [L. foedus league, treaty, compact; akin to fides faith: cf. F. f['e]d['e]ral. see Faith.] 1. Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations; constituted by a compact between parties, usually governments or their representatives. [1913 Webster] The Romans compelled them, contrary to all federal right, . . . to part with Sardinia. --Grew. [1913 Webster] 2. Specifically: (a) Composed of states or districts which retain only a subordinate and limited sovereignty, as the Union of the United States, or the Sonderbund of Switzerland. (b) Consisting or pertaining to such a government; as, the Federal Constitution; a Federal officer. (c) Friendly or devoted to such a government; as, the Federal party. see Federalist. [1913 Webster] Federal Congress. See under Congress. [1913 Webster] Federal \Fed"er*al\, n. See Federalist. [1913 Webster]  federal adj 1: 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" 2: of or relating to the central government of a federation; "a federal district is one set aside as the seat of the national government" 3: 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" [syn: Union, Federal] 4: 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" [ant: unitary] n 1: a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War [syn: Federal, Federal soldier, Union soldier] 2: any federal law-enforcement officer [syn: Federal, Fed, federal official]  federal ... [fedərəl] Vereinigte ...  federal egyezményes föderalista központi megegyezéses szövetségi államközi államszövetségetérintô államszövetségi észak-párti északi  federal [fedərəl] federal  federal [fedərəl] federal  federal federal  federal federal(federala)  FEDERAL, government. This term is commonly used to express a league or compact between two or more states. 2. In the United States the central government of the Union is federal. The constitution was adopted "to form a more perfect union" among the states, for the purpose of self-protection and for the promotion of their mutual happiness.  federal ... Vereinigte ... federal bundesstaatlich adj  65 Moby Thesaurus words for "Federal": Bow Street runner, FBI, FBI agent, G-man, Secret Service, Sherlock Holmes, T-man, agent, amanuensis, baggage agent, business agent, claim agent, clerk, commercial agent, commission agent, consignee, customer agent, detective, dupe, factor, fed, federal agent, freight agent, functionary, general agent, hotel detective, house detective, house dick, implement, inquiry agent, instrument, insurance agent, investigator, land agent, law agent, literary agent, loan agent, narc, news agent, official, operative, parliamentary agent, passenger agent, plainclothesman, police detective, press agent, private detective, private investigator, puppet, purchasing agent, real estate agent, revenuer, sales agent, secretary, sleuth, special agent, station agent, steward, store detective, theatrical agent, ticket agent, tool, travel agent, treasury agent, walking delegate 96 Moby Thesaurus words for "federal": G-man, MP, absolute, aristocratic, associative, authoritarian, autocratic, autonomous, bailiff, beadle, beagle, blending, bound bailiff, bureaucratic, captain, catchpole, chief of police, civic, civil, combinative, combinatory, combining, commissioner, constable, constitutional, corporational, democratic, deputy, deputy sheriff, despotic, detective, dictatorial, fascist, fed, federalist, federalistic, federative, flic, fusing, gendarme, government man, governmental, gubernatorial, heteronomous, incorporating, incorporative, inspector, lictor, lieutenant, mace-bearer, marshal, matriarchal, matriarchic, merging, monarchal, monarchial, monarchic, monocratic, mounted policeman, narc, officer, official, oligarchal, oligarchic, parliamentarian, parliamentary, patriarchal, patriarchic, patrolman, peace officer, pluralistic, police captain, police commissioner, police constable, police inspector, police matron, police officer, police sergeant, policeman, policewoman, political, portreeve, reeve, republican, roundsman, self-governing, sergeant, sergeant at arms, sheriff, superintendent, theocratic, tipstaff, tipstaves, totalitarian, trooper, uniting Federal related |
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