walking delegate: Meaning and Definition of

walk'ing del'egate

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. (formerly) an official appointed by a trade union to go from place to place to investigate working conditions, to ascertain whether union contracts were being fulfilled, and, sometimes, to negotiate contracts between employers and the union.
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