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Definition of Federal agent
1. Noun. Any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau.
Specialized synonyms: Indian Agent, Fed, Federal, Federal Official, Trustbuster
Generic synonyms: Functionary, Official
Derivative terms: Agential
Lexicographical Neighbors of Federal Agent
Literary usage of Federal agent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"Series — federal agent appointed under Transportation Act suable without naming
him. ... Series—Declaration amendable by correcting name of federal agent. ..."
2. The Federal Reserve Act: A Discussion of the Principles and Operations of by Clarence Walker Barron (1914)
"... VI THE federal agent AND HIS RESERVES. It is presumed that there will be
presidents* of Federal Reserve Banks, although that official is not directly ..."
3. Chronicles of the Builders of the Commonwealth: Historical Character Study by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1891)
"... GILPIN—ANCESTRY AND EARLY ENVIRONMENT—VISIT TO ENGLAND—IN OREGON AND
COLORADO—MEXICAN AND INDIAN WABS— GOVERNOR AND federal agent—COSMOPOLITAN RAILWAY. ..."
4. Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of Tasmania by Tasmania Supreme Court, William Joshua Tilley Stops, Herbert Nicholls (1907)
"The impairment of the efficiency of the federal agent or instrument is a proper
and reliable test of the validity of a tax imposed by a State in any case in ..."
5. The Life of Jefferson Davis by Frank H. Alfriend (1868)
"... THE federal agent OF EXCHANGE REPEATED PERFIDY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SUSPENSION OF THE CARTEL CAUSED BY THE BAD FAITH OP THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION, ..."