FEDERAL


Meaning of FEDERAL in English

■ adjective

1》 having or relating to a system of government in which several states form a unity but remain independent in internal affairs.

2》 relating to or denoting the central government as distinguished from the separate units constituting a federation.

↘( Federal ) US historical of the Northern States in the Civil War.

Derivatives

~ism noun

~ist noun & adjective

~ization or ~isation noun

~ize or ~ise verb

~ly adverb

Origin

C17: from L. foedus , foeder- 'league, covenant' + -al .

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