delegate
/ˈdɛlɪɡət/ noun B2- A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
- A representative at a conference, etc.
- An appointed representative in some legislative bodies.
- A type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer.
- A member of a governmental legislature who lacks voting power. · The house of delegates in apartheid-era South Africa lacked any real voting power.
Plural delegates
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