Clues for the word "DELEGATE"
We've had 26 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 46 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on June 19, 2025.
Definition of delegate
- n. - Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.
- n. - One elected by the people of a territory to represent them in Congress, where he has the right of debating, but not of voting.
- n. - One sent by any constituency to act as its representative in a convention; as, a delegate to a convention for nominating officers, or for forming or altering a constitution.
- a. - Sent to act for or represent another; deputed; as, a delegate judge.
- v. t. - To send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to commission; to depute; to authorize.
- v. t. - To intrust to the care or management of another; to transfer; to assign; to commit.
Referring Clues
- Caucus selection
- Convention attendee
- Party spokesperson
- Convention representative
- Assign
- Envoy
- Member of deputation
- Political conventiongoer
- Convention voter
- Representative
- Scandal surrounding copy editors' proofreading marks?
- Agent
- Assign authority
- Convention figure
- Assign responsibilities to another
- Depute
- Retired editor and member dined with representative
- Deputy
- Hand over to an ambassador
- The Spanish, say, take time out to find a deputy
- Mandate
- Conventional type?
- Agent wants Alli to attract crowd at match
- Convention VIP
- Entrust, as authority
- Assign responsibility
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Daily - June 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - May 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 03, 2025
- Daily American - January 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 17, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - May 20, 2024
- Mirror Daily - January 20, 2024
- Daily American - January 16, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - May 02, 2023
- Daily American - January 01, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - December 19, 2022
- Mirror Daily - November 04, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - August 23, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - July 13, 2022
- Daily American - January 16, 2018
- Mirror Quick - November 30, 2017
- Mirror Daily - October 23, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - July 03, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - March 29, 2017
- Evening Standard Quick - January 06, 2017
- Daily American - January 01, 2017
- USA Today - November 18, 2016
- Guardian Cryptic - October 26, 2016
- Mirror Daily - October 23, 2016
- Evening Standard Quick - September 16, 2016
- Family Time - August 01, 2016
- Evening Standard Quick - July 01, 2016
- Penny Dell Daily - May 02, 2016
- New York Times - April 26, 2016
- Evening Standard Quick - January 22, 2016
- And in 16 more crossword puzzles...