Delegate
Delegate noun - A person sent on a mission to represent another.
Usage example: the delegate had a list of concerns to discuss with the country's new prime minister
Minister is a synonym for delegate in representative topic. In some cases you can use "Minister" instead a noun "Delegate", when it comes to topics like ambassador.
Minister
Minister noun - A person sent on a mission to represent another.
Usage example: the British ministers at the international peace conference
Delegate is a synonym for minister in official topic. You can use "Delegate" instead a noun "Minister", if it concerns topics such as ambassador, consul, person high in government.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- give and delegate
- give and minister
- representative and delegate
- representative and minister
- agent and delegate
- agent and minister
- deputy and delegate
- deputy and minister
- messenger and delegate
- messenger and minister
- official and delegate
- official and minister
- liaison and delegate
- liaison and minister
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- The Minister's Assistant/Delegate (in original Dutch he's called "de afgevaardigde van de minister"), a government inspector checking out status in the fictional town.
Source: The Scrappy / Live-Action TV -
Tactful Translation: The interpreter present at the talks between the termite Prime Minister and the ant delegate does wonders in translating the ant's suave Trouble Entendre into the Minister's blunt plain talk, and vice versa.
- Professor Mmaa's Lecture: The interpreter present at the talks between the termite Prime Minister and the ant delegate does wonders in translating the ant's suave Trouble Entendre into the Minister's blunt plain talk, and vice versa.
Source: Tactful Translation
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