delegator
Americannoun
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a person who delegates or assigns a task or responsibility to another, along with the authority to execute it.
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Digital Technology. a holder of cryptocurrency who delegates tokens to another validator or participant in order to participate in a blockchain network.
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Digital Technology. in object-oriented programming, an object that transfers a task to another object.
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“He’s a great delegator of his staff,” Kinnear said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2023
Mercer, who has degrees from Stanford University in biology, mathematics and operations research and engineering economic systems, is known to be a smart delegator.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2021
Like Sorrell a graduate of Cambridge University and Harvard, Read is described by colleagues as a good listener and delegator, with no obvious ego.
From Reuters ● Sep. 1, 2018
He is not a great delegator and, even when there is no football on, he likes to involve himself at every level of the club.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 3, 2015
Allergic to the limelight and a delegator by inclination, Mr. Doubleday kept in the background.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2015
Both men are known to be reluctant delegators of authority, centralizing policymaking and execution.
From Time ● Jun. 6, 2014
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