delegate
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈdɛlɪɡɪt/
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delegado
- However, several questions remained that delegates did not have the opportunity to explore.
- convention delegate
- conference delegate
- delegates voted
There's something to be said for an entire sweep of delegates across the nation.
- There's something to be said for an entire sweep of delegates across the nation.
- Some say, OK, if they ban you, at least you should ban the NPC delegates from Beijing or from China.
- So there was a big fight over this, and the black delegates who were there mobilized the caucus.
- He has to have others come along with him, his subjects, his servants, his delegates.
- And then we've also heard from delegates who say that their country is gender blind when they come to voting.
- He took his throne, sent delegates out to the Pope and says I am the new Caesar and you better recognize me as Caesar.
- But to do so, delegates from the South will will recognize that in the long run, this kind of formula will protect will serve their interests.
Examples
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Fellow delegates, our candidate is in the press room and will be joining us shortly.
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"Nearly four billion people," added the Vietnamese delegate, sitting to the right of the Chinese.
Fiction book (1998) -
The vote of all the delegates has been recorded.
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By the next year, Long was a delegate to a Republican county convention.
Academic text (2011) -
The Conference of Parties is an assembly of delegates from every nation on the globe.
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I am Zoraida Munoz, a delegate for the musicians' union.
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I'm a union delegate.
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There, activists theatrically ripped up the official delegates' disappointing draft agreement.
Academic text (2012) -
CAIR claimed that more than one hundred Muslims were serving as delegates, quadruple the number in 2004.
Academic text (2013) -
The vote of all the delegates has been recorded.
Synonyms
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3.5
A person who speaks or acts for other people in an official way
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9.3
A party leader or official who can vote for any candidate at a convention without following primary results
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3.7
A person elected by workers to speak for them in talks with managers
A person chosen by a main representative to act for them
A person who speaks for someone or a group
Compounds
- Formal
A person the Pope sends to represent the Vatican in a country with no official relations
- Jargon
A union representative who visits workplaces to check that agreements with employers are kept
How Senior
Surface Forms
Etymology
Delegate comes from the Latin parts de- and legare, which mean 'away' and 'to send'. So a delegate is literally someone 'sent away' to act or speak for a group, which explains why it means a chosen representative.