Both Uses of
delegate
in
Oliver Twist
- Are you aweer, Mrs. Mann, that you are, as I may say, a porochial delegate, and a stipendiary?'†
Chpt 2 *
- …from such a quarter, might well thrill the bosom of maid or matron of whatsoever degree; the historian whose pen traces these words—trusting that he knows his place, and that he entertains a becoming reverence for those upon earth to whom high and important authority is delegated—hastens to pay them that respect which their position demands, and to treat them with all that duteous ceremony which their exalted rank, and (by consequence) great virtues, imperatively claim at his hands.†
Chpt 27 *
Definitions:
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(delegate as in: delegate the job) assign tasks to other people (rather than doing them personally)
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(delegate as in: is a delegate) a person appointed or elected to represent others