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deputation Noun a body of people appointed to represent others Deputation a group of persons appointed to act on behalf of others, 1732. See also delegation. Example: deputation of the Houses [of Parliment], 1828.
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In this strait they sent a Deputation to a neighbouring tribe to consult the Oldest and Wisest Ape in All the World. He had two pieces of business before him that morning; first, to receive and send on a deputation from the native tribes which was on its way to Petersburg, and now at Moscow; secondly, to write the promised letter to the lawyer. After some time they began to think themselves ill-treated in the appointment of so inert a Ruler, and sent a second deputation to Jupiter to pray that he would set over them another sovereign. |
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