Noun

1. a person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy
2. a representative at a conference, etc.
3. an appointed representative in some legislative bodies
4. a type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer

Verb

1. to authorize someone to be a delegate
2. to commit a task to someone, especially a subordinate
3. to give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of yours

Verb