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delegee

noun

Etymology

From delegate + -ee.

  1. derived from dēlēgātus
  2. derived from delegat
  3. inherited from delegat
  4. suffixed as delegee — “delegate + ee”

Definitions

  1. A delegate.

    • ....his obligation to exercise due diligence by delegating that duty to another, whatever may be the established reputation of the delegee for competence.
    • "His philosophy," said General William Wannamaker, "was to delegate wherever he could, and then put the screws to the delegees.
    • ...any comparable effort by Congress to retain summary authority over the delegees of its authority is similarly infirm.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA