Definition of "federal" in English

adjective

1. Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations.

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

3. (theology) Relating to covenantalism.

   • federal theology

noun

1. A federal agent or (chiefly law-enforcement) official.

2. (US, historical) A Union soldier in the American Civil War.

3. A supporter of federation.