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fed (n.)
[fed 词源字典]
1788, short for
Federalist
; as colloquial for "official of the
federal
government," from 1916; especially, since 1930s, of FBI agents.
[fed etymology, fed origin, 英语词源]
G-man (n.)
"FBI agent," 1930, shortening of
government
man
; used earlier in an Irish context (1917), but the abbreviation is perhaps the same one.