Deputation Definition

dĕpyə-tāshən
deputations
noun
deputations
A deputing or being deputed.
Webster's New World
A group of persons, or one person, appointed to represent others.
Webster's New World
The act of deputing.
American Heritage
The state of being deputed.
American Heritage
The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Deputation

Noun

Singular:
deputation
Plural:
deputations

Origin of Deputation

  • From Middle French députation, from Late Latin deputatio.

    From Wiktionary

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