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Definitions for Delegates
[1] a person designated to act for or represent another or others; deputy; representative, as in a political convention.
[2] (formerly) the representative of a Territory in the U.S. House of Representatives.
[3] a member of the lower house of the state legislature of Maryland, Virginia, or West Virginia.
[4] to send or appoint (a person) as deputy or representative.
[5] to commit (powers, functions, etc.) to another as agent or deputy.
[6] a person chosen or elected to act for or represent another or others, esp at a conference or meeting
[7] US government a representative of a territory in the US House of Representatives
[8] to give or commit (duties, powers, etc) to another as agent or representative; depute
[9] (tr) to send, authorize, or elect (a person) as agent or representative
[10] (tr) mainly US to assign (a person owing a debt to oneself) to one's creditor in substitution for oneself
Words related to Delegates
delegatecommissioner, nominee, deputy, envoy, member, minister, senator, authorize, accredit, elect, assign, designate, entrust, relegate, ambassador, vicar, mouthpiece, viceroy, emissary, surrogate
Words nearby Delegates
delegatedelectation, deledda, delegable, delegacy, delegalize, delegate, delegation, delegatory, delegitimatize, delegitimize, delete
Origin of Delegates
1350–1400; Middle English (noun) < Medieval Latin dēlēgātus, noun use of Latin: past participle of dēlēgāre to assign, equivalent to dē- de- + lēgātus deputed; see legate
Other words from Delegates
del·e·ga·tee [del-i-guh -tee ] /ˌdɛl ɪ gəˈti/ , noun
del·e·ga·tor [del -i-gey-ter] /ˈdɛl ɪˌgeɪ tər/ , noun
non·del·e·gate , noun
pre·del·e·gate , noun, verb, pre·del·e·gat·ed, pre·del·e·gat·ing.
re·del·e·gate , verb (used with object), re·del·e·gat·ed, re·del·e·gat·ing.
sub·del·e·gate , noun
sub·del·e·gate , verb (used with object), sub·del·e·gat·ed, sub·del·e·gat·ing.
un·del·e·gat·ed , adjective
Word origin for Delegates
C14: from Latin dēlēgāre to send on a mission, from lēgāre to send, depute; see legate
Synonyms for Delegates
commissioner, deputy, envoy, member, minister, nominee, senator, agent, alternate, ambassador, appointee, consul, emissary, factor, front, legate, mouthpiece, plenipotentiary, proxy, regent, rep, replacement, spokesperson, stand-in, substitute, surrogate, vicar, viceroy, catchpole, member of Congress, people's choice, pinch hitter