DEPUTATION


Meaning of DEPUTATION in English

(~s)

A ~ is a small group of people who have been asked to speak to someone on behalf of a larger group of people, especially in order to make a complaint.

A ~ of elders from the village arrived headed by its chief.

= delegation

N-COUNT

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