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gevolmachtigde — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • commissioner noun A member of a commission, or an official put in charge of a government department or agency.
  • proxy noun A person authorized to act or vote on behalf of someone else.

Senses

gevolmachtigde is used for these senses in English:

  • commissioner Someone commissioned to perform certain duties.
  • plenipotentiary A person invested with full powers, especially as the diplomatic agent of a sovereign state, (originally) charged with handling a certain matter. [from c. 1645]
  • proxy An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.

proxy — full definition

  1. noun A person authorized to act or vote on behalf of someone else.
  2. noun A measurement or indicator used to stand in for something else that is hard to measure directly.
  3. noun A server or service that sits between a user and the internet, forwarding requests on their behalf.
  4. adj Acting or serving as a substitute for something or someone else.

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