deputy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

One appointed as the substitute of others, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office.
A person employed to install and remove props, brattices, etc. and to clear gas, for the safety of the miners.
The name for a member of legislature in some countries.
A member of the French National Assembly.
A member of the French Chamber of Deputies, formerly called Corps Législatif.
A member of Dáil Éireann, or the title of a member of Dáil Éireann.
a law enforcement officer who works for the county sheriff's office; a deputy sheriff or sheriff's deputy; the entry level rank in such an agency.

verb

/ˈdɛpjəti/ [ˈdɛpjəɾi] [ˈdɛpəti] [ˈdɛpəɾi] en-us-deputy.ogg /ˈdepjəti/ [ˈdepjəɾi]

deputy deputies deputee deputying deputied

From French député, from Late Latin deputatus (“appointed”).

substitute representative legate delegate envoy agent deputy emissary lieutenant proxy secondary surrogate vice vicegerent number two

client principal

vice-

confused deputy deputise deputize deputy chief constable deputy director deputy first minister deputy prime minister deputyship Eurodeputy

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