FEDERAL • FREE-TRANSLATOR.COM • Definition of Federal

Translators

Dictionaries

Courses

Other

Home

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/fˈɛdərəl/ /fˈɛdrəl/ Listen

Federal

adjective

National; especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units. "Federal courts" , "The federal highway program" , "Federal property"

Of or relating to the central government of a federation.

Being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War. Synonym: Union. "Federal forces" , "A Federal infantryman"

Characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities. "Federal governments often evolved out of confederations" Antonym: unitary.

noun

A member of the Union Army during the American Civil War. Synonyms: Federal soldier, Union soldier.

Any federal law-enforcement officer. Synonyms: Fed, federal official.

See more definitions of Federal...

See images of 'Federal'

Antonyms of 'Federal'

Etymology of 'Federal'

Related searches:

federal agency

federal agent

Federal Aviation Agency

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Federal Communications Commission

federal court

federal deficit

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

federal department

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

federal district

Federal Emergency Management Agency

federal government

Federal Home Loan Bank System

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

Federal Housing Administration

Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros

federal job safety law

Federal Judiciary

Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

Federal National Mortgage Association

federal office

federal official

Federal Party

Federal Protective Service

Federal Republic of Germany

Federal Republic of Nigeria

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Federal Reserve

Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Board

Federal Reserve note

Federal Reserve System

federal savings bank

Federal Security Bureau

Federal Security Service

Federal soldier

federal tax lien

Federal Trade Commission

department of the federal government

Share |

"Federal" Quotes from Famous Books

... born then, and o' course I couldn't; but my father used to tell us about it on trainin'-day nights. Trainin'-day was a great time, with its uniforms and feathers; my father was a sarjint, and we had gingerbread and federal cake." ...

— St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, July 1878, No. 9 • Various

... tell you another thing. He was the first man to raise his voice for the abolition of the death penalty in the French convention. What more did he do? He was the first to suggest a federal constitution for the United States. He saw that the old articles of confederation were nothing; that they were ropes of water and chains of mist, and he said, "We want a federal constitution so ...

— Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest • Robert Green Ingersoll

... The worst he ever does is talk. One time he made a federal case out of me buying a Belafonte record he didn't like. Another time playing ball I cracked a window in a guy's Cadillac, and Pop acted like he was going to sue the guy for owning a Cadillac. You ...

— It's like this, cat • Emily Neville

... shall not approach or be found within one-half of a mile of any Federal or State fort, camp, arsenal, aircraft station, Government or naval vessel, navy-yard, factory or workshop for the manufacture of munitions of war or of any products for the use of ...

— In Our First Year of the War - Messages and Addresses to the Congress and the People, - March 5, 1917 to January 6, 1918 • Woodrow Wilson

... of the constitution of the United States, he was promoted to the bench in the Federal Court—married Miss Pearson—and settled on the Yadkin river, where the county is called Stokes, after ...

— A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion • William Dobein James

More quotes...