| 单词 | walking delegate |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswalking delegate walking delegate n. (in sense 2c) a trade-union official with a roving commission who visits sick members, interviews employers, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > those involved in labour relations > [noun] > member of trade union > shop steward shop steward1854 union representative1873 walking delegate1889 steward1943 union rep1948 1889 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Feb. 227 I had no experience of strikes, and ‘the walking delegate’ was not yet stepping westward. 1892 W. D. Howells Mercy 131 He must be a walking-delegate, and..had probably come on mischief from some of the workpeople in her father's employ. a1910 ‘M. Twain’ What is Man? (1917) 198 Fridolin..started a labor-union, the first one in history. In Germany and Switzerland.., the peasantry speak of him affectionately as the first walking delegate. 1967 A. A. Sloan & F. Witney Labor Rel. ii. 46 The union sent a ‘Walking delegate’ to..ensure that the wages and conditions of the contract were being honored. < as lemmas |
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