Definition of "delegate" []

• A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy or an agent. (noun)
• A representative to a conference or convention. (noun)
• A member of a House of Delegates, the lower house of the Maryland, Virginia, or West Virginia legislature. (noun)
• An elected or appointed representative of a U.S. territory in the House of Representatives who is entitled to speak but not vote. (noun)
• To authorize and send (another person) as one's representative. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "On Wednesday the Clinton camp started pushing hard on the idea that a delegate is a delegate and if they need to pack on super delegates to overwhelm Obama's edge with elected delegates then so be it."
• "Under the Delegate Selection Rules, a delegate is asked to "in good conscience reflect the sentiments of those who elected them.""
• "If we take a look at the -- what we call the delegate equivalence in Washington state on the Republican side, you can see how close it is."