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Synonyms for Federal (same or very similar meaning)

WordNet sense 1 (a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War):
Federal soldier, Union soldier

WordNet sense 2 (any federal law-enforcement officer):
fed, federal official

WordNet sense 3 (being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War):
union

WordNet sense 4 (in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line):
northern

WordNet sense 5 (concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country):
national


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