walking delegate

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   a union representative who visits workers at their jobs to see whether agreements are observed

   Broaderunion representative

Questions about walking delegate

What does walking delegate mean?

walking delegate means "a union representative who visits workers at their jobs to see whether agreements are observed".

Is walking delegate a common word?

walking delegate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.