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Fed

Pronunciation: /fɛd/

Definition of Fed

noun

informal

1US a federal agent or official, especially a member of the FBI: I don’t think he has any friends since he grassed to the Feds
(the feds) British the police:her two older brothers had got a restraining order put on them by the feds

2 (usually the Fed) USshort for Federal Reserve.

Origin:

early 20th century: abbreviation of federal. The abbreviation fed had previously been used in the late 18th century to denote a member of the Federalist Party, who advocated a union of American colonies after the War of Independence