delegatee

noun

as in delegate

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  1. delegate
  2. deputy
  3. agent
Noun
  • The festival expects more than 5,000 delegates and 1,000-plus filmmakers and artists.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 July 2026
  • And it must be checked continuously as the agent acts, transacts, and delegates.
    — Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of delegate
Noun
  • Experts like Chen Gang, the deputy director and senior research fellow at NUS East Asian Institute, are positive that this momentum will lead to long-term gains for Chinese chipmakers.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Because of Micron’s corporate structure, the company needed to take the exemption two times, requiring it to pay on a maximum of $800 million in assessed value, according to Brad Smith, chief deputy at the Ada County Assessor’s Office.
    — Mark Dee August 2, Idaho Statesman, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of deputy
Noun
  • Hiring has cooled for entry-level software developers — work increasingly done by AI agents — and college enrollment in computer and information science programs has been declining.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Smaller teams of high-agency engineers and builders are managing fleets of agents rather than executing every task by hand.
    — Michael Wee, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of agent
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“Delegatee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delegatee. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

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