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See also: super-delegate and super delegate
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From super- + delegate. Originally written super-delegate or super delegate; the former is attested since 1981.[1]
Noun[edit]
superdelegate (plural superdelegates)
- (US, politics) A member of the Democratic Party who has been selected to attend the national convention to help select a nominee for president.
Translations[edit]
a member of the Democratic Party who has been selected to attend the national convention
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References[edit]
- ^ Benjamin Zimmer, “‘Superdelegates’: a not-so-novel concoction”, in Language Log, 2008 April 20.