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==Etymology==

==Etymology==

[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] delegat, from Medieval [[Latin]] delegatus, from Latin, past participle of delegare to delegate, from de- + legare to send  

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] delegat, from Medieval [[Latin]] delegatus, from Latin, past participle of delegare to delegate, from de- + legare to send  

*Date: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Century 15th century]

*Date: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Century 15th century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*a [[person]] [[acting]] for another: as a : a [[representative]] to a [[convention]] or conference  

*a [[person]] [[acting]] for another: as a : a [[representative]] to a [[convention]] or conference  

:b : a representative of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States United States] territory in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._House_of_Representatives House of Representatives]  

:b : a representative of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States United States] territory in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._House_of_Representatives House of Representatives]  

:c : a member of the lower house of the legislature of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland Maryland], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia Virginia], or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia West Virginia]

:c : a member of the lower house of the legislature of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland Maryland], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia Virginia], or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia West Virginia]

==Description==  

==Description==  

A '''delegate''' is a [[person]] who speaks or [[acts]] on behalf of an organization (e.g., a [[government]], a charity, an NGO, or a trade union) at a meeting or conference between organizations of the same level (e.g., trade talks or an [[environment]]al summit between governments; an arbitration over an industrial dispute; or a meeting of student unions from individual colleges at a national student union conference). Generally, but not always, delegates differ from representatives because they receive and carry out instructions from the group that sends them, and, unlike [[representative]]s, are not [[expected]] to act independently.

A '''delegate''' is a [[person]] who speaks or [[acts]] on behalf of an organization (e.g., a [[government]], a charity, an NGO, or a trade union) at a meeting or conference between organizations of the same level (e.g., trade talks or an [[environment]]al summit between governments; an arbitration over an industrial dispute; or a meeting of student unions from individual colleges at a national student union conference). Generally, but not always, delegates differ from representatives because they receive and carry out instructions from the group that sends them, and, unlike [[representative]]s, are not [[expected]] to act independently.

[[Category: Political Science]]

[[Category: Political Science]]