aide-de-camp vs delegate

aide-de-camp

noun
  • A military officer who serves as an adjutant to a higher-ranking officer, prince or other high political dignitary. 

delegate

noun
  • A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy. 

  • A representative at a conference, etc. 

  • A type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer. 

  • An appointed representative in some legislative bodies. 

verb
  • (of a subdomain) to give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of one's own 

  • to authorize someone to be a delegate 

  • to commit a task to someone, especially a subordinate 

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