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mandatary

American  
[man-duh-ter-ee] / ˈmæn dəˌtɛr i /

noun

plural

mandataries
  1. a person or nation holding a mandate.


Etymology

Origin of mandatary

First recorded in 1605–15, mandatary is from the Late Latin word mandātārius one to whom a charge is given. See mandate, -ary

Example Sentences

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In every case the mandatary will render an annual report, and the degree of its authority will be defined.

From World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)

But if they find that Constantinople and Armenia are to be taken away from them, then I imagine that they would vigorously oppose any mandatary whatsoever.

From The New Frontiers of Freedom from the Alps to the Ægean by Powell, E. Alexander (Edward Alexander)

The mandatary State or agency shall in no case form or maintain any military or naval force in excess of definite standards laid down by the League itself for the purposes of internal police.

From The Peace Negotiations A Personal Narrative by Lansing, Robert

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