mandatary

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈmændəˌtɛri/ UK /ˈmandət(ə)ri/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a person or state to whom a mandate is given to act on another's behalf

The territory was governed by a mandatary appointed under the league's charter.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person or state to whom a... mandatory agent delegate trustee representative

Word family

Related forms mandatemandatormandatory

Etymology

From Latin mandatarius ('one to whom a charge is given'), from mandatum ('order, commission'), from mandare ('to commit, entrust'), from manus ('hand') + dare ('to give').

mandatarius Latin mandare Latin manus Latin

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# mandatary

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈmændəˌtɛri/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈmandət(ə)ri/

## Meanings
1. a person or state to whom a mandate is given to act on another's behalf

## Examples
- The territory was governed by a mandatary appointed under the league's charter.

## Synonyms
- mandatory
- agent
- delegate
- trustee
- representative

## Related Forms
- mandate
- mandator
- mandatory

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: mandatarius
- Root: mandare
- Root: manus

## Etymology
From Latin mandatarius ('one to whom a charge is given'), from mandatum ('order, commission'), from mandare ('to commit, entrust'), from manus ('hand') + dare ('to give').

## AI Etymology
Mandatary comes from Latin mandatarius ('one to whom a charge is given'), from mandatum ('order, commission'), from mandare ('to commit, entrust'), from manus ('hand') + dare ('to give'). The etymological trail includes Latin mandatarius, Latin mandare, Latin manus. The same word family includes mandate, mandator, mandatory. Its current noun use means "a person or state to whom a mandate is given to act on another's behalf".

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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