delegatee

noun

Definition of delegateenext
as in delegate

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  1. delegate
  2. deputy
  3. agent
Noun
  • Avoid getting stuck in daily operations—delegate effectively and focus on high-value contributions.
    — Michel Koopman, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Such industrial excavations risk wiping out untold (and, indeed, as yet unseen) natural wonders, though delegates of the ISA are unable to reach an agreement as to how to curb or monitor them.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 Mar. 2025
Definition of delegate
Noun
  • On June 8, 2022, U.S. deputy marshals reported seeing a person dressed in black clothing and carrying a backpack and suitcase get out of a taxi that stopped in front of a current justice's house at roughly 1:05 a.m., according to an FBI affidavit filed in court.
    — Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Sherman put his singing and acting career on hold and transitioned into working as a paramedic and later a technical reserve police officer with the Los Angeles Police Department and a reserve deputy sheriff with the San Bernadino County Sheriff’s Department.
    — Elizabeth Stanton, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Definition of deputy
Noun
  • Despite still not having an agent, Marshall had her managers secure her a script and even cut the reel for her self-tape herself.
    — Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Oh yes, and there was one other common denominator with all these contract extensions: None of the agents involved was named Scott Boras.
    — Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2025
Definition of agent
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“Delegatee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delegatee. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.

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