DELEGATE
\dˈɛlɪɡˌe͡ɪt], \dˈɛlɪɡˌeɪt], \d_ˈɛ_l_ɪ_ɡ_ˌeɪ_t]\
Definitions of DELEGATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.
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One elected by the people of a territory to represent them in Congress, where he has the right of debating, but not of voting.
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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.
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Sent to act for or represent another; deputed; as, a delegate judge.
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To send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to commission; to depute; to authorize.
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To intrust to the care or management of another; to transfer; to assign; to commit.
By Oddity Software
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Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.
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One elected by the people of a territory to represent them in Congress, where he has the right of debating, but not of voting.
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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.
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Sent to act for or represent another; deputed; as, a delegate judge.
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To send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to commission; to depute; to authorize.
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To intrust to the care or management of another; to transfer; to assign; to commit.
By Noah Webster.
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One sent to represent, and act for, others; as, the delegates to a convention; representative.
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To send as an agent with authority to act; intrust; commit; as, the people delegate power to Congress.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To send as a legate or representative: to intrust or commit to.
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One who is delegated: a deputy or representative.
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Delegated, deputed.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To send as a representative; depute.
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To commit; entrust.
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Sent as a deputy.
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A representative; deputy.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. One commissioned to act for another; one deputed to represent party, or a civil or ecclesiastical body;—deputy; a representative; a commissioner.
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