deputation
noun
[ dɛpjʊˈteɪʃ(ə)n ]
• a group of people appointed to undertake a mission or take part in a formal process on behalf of a larger group.
• "he had been a member of a deputation to Napoleon III"
Similar:
delegation,
delegacy,
legation,
commission,
committee,
(diplomatic) mission,
contingent,
group,
party,
body,
band,
set,
delegates,
representatives,
envoys,
emissaries,
legates,
embassy,
embassage,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘appointment to an office or function’): from late Latin deputatio(n- ), from the verb deputare (see depute).
