Australian English Meaning of delegate

delegate

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Definitions and Meaning of delegate in English

Wordnet

delegate (n)

a person appointed or elected to represent others

Wordnet

delegate (v)

transfer power to someone

give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

Webster

delegate (n.)

Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.

One elected by the people of a territory to represent them in Congress, where he has the right of debating, but not of voting.

One sent by any constituency to act as its representative in a convention; as, a delegate to a convention for nominating officers, or for forming or altering a constitution.

Webster

delegate (a.)

Sent to act for or represent another; deputed; as, a delegate judge.

Webster

delegate (v. t.)

To send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to commission; to depute; to authorize.

To intrust to the care or management of another; to transfer; to assign; to commit.

FAQs About the word delegate

delegate

a person appointed or elected to represent others, transfer power to someone, give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)Any one

Ambassador,envoy,minister,representative,agent,Consul,deputy,diplomat,emissary,Legate

abrogate,abdicate

delegacy => delegacy, deled => deleted, delectus => selection, delectation => delectation, delectate => revel,