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noun. delegation of representatives

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Word Origin & History

delegate late 14c., from L. delegatus, pp. of delegare "to send as a representative," from de- "from, away" + legare "send with a commission." The verb is from 1520s.

Example Sentences for delegate

I am the unworthy servant and delegate of him who holds the keys.

It does not say that a delegate must not be a woman, or must be a man.

He was made a delegate of the Red Committee less than a year after his release on licence.

And he—he had striven to delegate to others the burden he was meant to bear.

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