Synonyms for deputation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dep-yuh-tey-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɛp yəˈteɪ ʃən |
Définition of deputation
Origin :- late 14c., noun of action from depute (v.).
- noun group of representatives
- I received the deputation with a trembling and apprehensive heart.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- Every moment he now expected a deputation from the mutineers.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- I introduced the deputation which came to make this request.
- Extract from : « Memoirs Of The Court Of Marie Antoinette, Queen Of France, Complete » by Madame Campan
- After the service the missionary was solemnly waited on by a deputation.
- Extract from : « The Monkey That Would Not Kill » by Henry Drummond
- The deputation stood and watched him until he had sunk under the hill.
- Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
- A deputation, acting on his orders, sought an audience of him and the ephors.
- Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon
- Back to station, where deputation of chiefs came to see Maude Laurence.
- Extract from : « The Last Voyage » by Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey
- The deputation received the answer and reported it to the soldiers.
- Extract from : « Anabasis » by Xenophon
- The deputation was to request Cleander by all means to release the two men.
- Extract from : « Anabasis » by Xenophon
- I never knew what dining was till I was named on a deputation.
- Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever
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