federal

adjective fœderal · fœderall

1. not comparable Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations. Yet the Romans, taking them [the Carthaginians] at an Advantage, vvhen they vvere in Streights; compell'd them, contrary to all Fœderal Right and Juſtice, by Nevv Articles, both to part with Sardinia, their Lavvful Territory, and alſo to pay them for the future, a Double Tribute.
2. not comparable Pertaining to the national government level in a federal nation, as opposed to state, provincial, county, city, or town. That this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare, that it views the powers of the federal government as resulting from the compact to which the states are parties, as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact, as no further valid than they are au
3. not comparable Relating to covenantalism. federal theology

noun federals · fœderal · fœderall

1. A federal agent or (chiefly law-enforcement) official.
2. US A law-enforcement official of the FBI.
3. US, historical A Union soldier in the American Civil War.
4. A supporter of federation.

Similar: fed

noun Federals

1. A member of a Federal Party
2. US Alternative letter-case form of federal Cities and small towns alike, from Charleroi, Pennsylvania, and Springfield, Ohio, to Whitewater, Wisconsin, have seen significant influxes of migrants. Even major urban centers such as New York City, Chicago, and Denver have sought Federal aid to manage the burden of new arrivals.
3. Someone on the Union side.

proper noun

1. A locality in the Byron council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.