'Department of the Interior' definitions:
Definition of 'Department of the Interior'
(from WordNet)
noun
The United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849 [syn: Department of the Interior, Interior Department, Interior, DoI]
Definition of 'Department of the Interior'
From: GCIDE
- Interior \In*te"ri*or\, n.
- 1. That which is within; the internal or inner part of a thing; the inside. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The inland part of a country, state, or kingdom. [1913 Webster]
- Department of the Interior, that department of the government of the United States which has charge of pensions, patents, public lands and surveys, the Indians, education, etc.; that department of the government of a country which is specially charged with the internal affairs of that country; the home department.
- Secretary of the Interior, the cabinet officer who, in the United States, is at the head of the Department of the Interior. [1913 Webster]