federal
/ˈfedərəl/ adjective [always before noun]Definition
GOVERNMENT › relating to the central government, and not to the government of a region, of some countries such as the United States: the federal government a federal agency/employee
SYSTEM › A federal system of government consists of a group of regions that is controlled by a central government.
(Definition of federal adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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