delegate
noun
• a person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference.
Similar:
representative,
envoy,
emissary,
commissioner,
agent,
deputy,
commissary,
spokesperson,
spokesman,
spokeswoman,
frontman,
ambassador,
plenipotentiary,
messenger,
go-between,
proxy,
nuncio,
depute,
legate,
delegate
verb
• entrust (a task or responsibility) to another person, typically one who is less senior than oneself.
• "she must delegate duties so as to free herself for more important tasks"
Similar:
assign,
entrust,
give,
pass on,
hand on/over,
turn over,
consign,
devolve,
depute,
transfer,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin delegatus ‘sent on a commission’, from the verb delegare, from de- ‘down’ + legare ‘depute’.
