a person designated to act for or represent another or others; deputy; representative, as in a political convention.

(formerly) the representative of a Territory in the U.S. House of Representatives.

a member of the lower house of the state legislature of Maryland, Virginia, or West Virginia.

to send or appoint (a person) as deputy or representative.

to commit (powers, functions, etc.) to another as agent or deputy.

verb

keep

noun

agent , alternate , ambassador , appointee , catchpole , commissioner , consul , deputy , emissary , envoy , factor , front * , legate , member , member of congress , minister , mouthpiece , nominee , people’s choice , pinch hitter , plenipotentiary , proxy , regent , rep , replacement , senator , spokesperson , stand-in , substitute , surrogate , vicar , viceroynotes:as a noun , [[delegate is a person appointed or elected to represent others - as a verb delegate means to transfer power or authority to someone; relegate means to refer to another person for decision or judgment or assign to a lower position or reduce in ranka delegation differs from a legation in that the members of a delegation are usually not charged with a specific mission but merely with the overall task of representing the interests of a body of people]] , often at a conference during an assembly\'s regular session; a legate usually acts alone while a delegate acts as part of a group , representative

verb

accredit , appoint , assign , authorize , cast , charge , choose , commission , constitute , depute , deputize , designate , elect , give nod , invest , license , mandate , name , nominate , ordain , place trust in , select , swear in , warrantnotes:as a noun , [[delegate is a person appointed or elected to represent others - as a verb delegate means to transfer power or authority to someone; relegate means to refer to another person for decision or judgment or assign to a lower position or reduce in ranka delegation differs from a legation in that the members of a delegation are usually not charged with a specific mission but merely with the overall task of representing the interests of a body of people]] , often at a conference during an assembly\'s regular session; a legate usually acts alone while a delegate acts as part of a group , consign , devolve , entrust , give , hand over , hold responsible for , parcel out * , pass on , relegate , send on errand , send on mission , shunt , transfernotes:as a noun , agent , commit , deputy , emissary , empower , legate , proxy , send , transfer