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Delegate

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
2.NounA representative at a conference, etc.
3.NounAn appointed representative in some legislative bodies.
4.NounA type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer.
5.NounA member of a governmental legislature who lacks voting power.
"The house of delegates in apartheid-era South Africa lacked any real voting power."
6.VerbTo commit tasks and responsibilities to others, especially subordinates.
7.VerbTo commit (a task or responsibility) to someone, especially a subordinate.
8.VerbTo give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of one's own.
9.Adjectivedelegated
10.AdjectiveActing as a delegate, delegated; of, pertaining to a delegate
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