Someone who is chosen or elected to vote or to act for other people: "Lorna's brother was chosen as a delegate to attend the state convention to help choose a candidate to run for congress."

1. To speak and to act for others; to represent: Every state will delegate a representative to go to the political convention.
2. To entrust an authority, rights, etc. to a person acting as one’s agent or representative; to entrust, to assign, to commit to the care of: Sharon's cousin delegated her legal powers to her son. © ALL rights are reserved.

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