Definition of federal Federal

/fɛˈdɚʌl/ - [federul] - fed•er•al

We found 17 definitions of federal from 6 different sources.

What does federal mean?

Noun
federal - a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
		Federal soldier, Union soldier
		northerner, yank, yankee an inhabitant of the North
federal - any federal law-enforcement officer
		Fed, federal official
Adjective
federal - 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"
		governing, government activity, governance, government, administration the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government"
federal - 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"
federal - of or relating to the central government of a federation; "a federal district is one set aside as the seat of the national government"
federal - 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"
		Union, Federal
		northern situated in or coming from regions of the north; "the northern hemisphere"; "northern autumn colors"

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federal (Noun)
A law-enforcement official of the FBI; short for federal agent.
federal (Adjective)
Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations.
federal (Adjective)
Pertaining to the national government level, as opposed to state, provincial, county, city, or town.

federal (a.)
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.
federal (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.
federal (a.)
Consisting or pertaining to such a government; as, the Federal Constitution; a Federal officer.
federal (a.)
Friendly or devoted to such a government; as, the Federal party. see Federalist.
federal (n.)
See Federalist.

federal
Pertaining to the national government level, as opposed to state, provincial, county, city, or town.

federal
fed′ėr-al, adj. pertaining to or consisting of a treaty or covenant: confederated, founded upon mutual agreement: of a union or government in which several states, while independent in home affairs, combine for national or general purposes, as in the United States (in the American Civil War, Federal was the name applied to the states of the North which defended the Union against the Confederate separatists of the South).—n. a supporter of federation: a Unionist soldier in the American Civil War.—n. Fed′eracy.—v.t. Fed′eralise.—ns. Fed′eralism, the principles or cause maintained by federalists; Fed′eralist, a supporter of a federal constitution or union; Fed′erary (Shak.), a confederate.—adj. Fed′erāte, united by league: confederated.—n. Federā′tion, the act of uniting in league: a federal union.—adj. Fed′erātive, united in league.—Federal (or Covenant) theology, that first worked out by Cocceius (1603-69), based on the idea of two covenants between God and man—of Works and of Grace (see Covenant). [Fr. fédéral—L. fœdus, fœderis, a treaty, akin to fidĕre, to trust.]