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nounany federal law-enforcement officer
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adjectivebeing of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War
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nouna member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
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adjectivecharacterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authoritiesOpposite:
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adjectivenational; especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units
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Examples of federal
- "a federal system like that of the United States"
- "federal governments often evolved out of confederations"
- "federal courts"
- "the federal highway program"
- "federal property"
- "a federal district is one set aside as the seat of the national government"