DELEGATE

delegate

(noun) a person appointed or elected to represent others

delegate, designate, depute, assign

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

delegate, depute

(verb) transfer power to someone

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

delegate (plural delegates)

a person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy

a representative at a conference, etc.

(US) an appointed representative in some legislative bodies

(computing) a type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer

Synonyms

• See also deputy

Hypernyms

((computing) Hyponyms of delegate):

• multicast delegate

• singlecast delegate

Verb

delegate (third-person singular simple present delegates, present participle delegating, simple past and past participle delegated)

to authorize someone to be a delegate

to commit a task to someone, especially a subordinate

(computing, Internet) (of a subdomain) to give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of one's own

Source: Wiktionary

Del"e*gate, n. Etym: [L. delegatus, p. p. of delegare to send, delegate; de- + legare to send with a commission, to depute. See Legate.]

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

2. (a) One elected by the people of a territory to represent them in Congress, where he has the right of debating, but not of voting. (b) 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. [U.S.] Court of delegates, formerly, the great court of appeal from the archbishops' courts and also from the court of admiralty. It is now abolished, and the privy council is the immediate court of appeal in such cases. [Eng.]

Del"e*gate, a. Etym: [L. delegatus, p. p.]

Definition: Sent to act for a represent another; deputed; as, a delegate judge. "Delegate power." Strype.

Del"e*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Delegated; p. pr. & vb. n. Delegating.]

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

2. To intrust to the care or management of another; to transfer; to assign; to commit. The delegated administration of the law. Locke. Delegated executive power. Bancroft. The power exercised by the legislature is the people's power, delegated by the people to the legislative. J. B. Finch.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition