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delegee en · NOUN

Etymology

From delegate + -ee.

Meanings

1. (US) A delegate.
   • ....his obligation to exercise due diligence by delegating that duty to another, whatever may be the established reputation of the delegee for competence. 1967, Henry N Longley, Common carriage of cargo:
   • ...any comparable effort by Congress to retain summary authority over the delegees of its authority is similarly infirm. 1996, Alan B Morrison, Fundamentals of American law:
   • "His philosophy," said General William Wannamaker, "was to delegate wherever he could, and then put the screws to the delegees. 1988, William Lawren, The general and the bomb:

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