FEDERAL AGENT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau

Synonyms:

agent; federal agent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("federal agent" is a kind of...):

functionary; official (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "federal agent"):

Indian agent (a representative of the federal government to American Indian tribes (especially on Indian reservations))

Fed; Federal; federal official (any federal law-enforcement officer)

trustbuster (a federal agent who engages in trust busting)