deputy

[ dep-yuh-tee ]

/ ˈdɛp yə ti /

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noun, plural dep·u·ties.

a person appointed or authorized to act as a substitute for another or others.

deputy sheriff.

a person appointed or elected as assistant to a public official, serving as successor in the event of a vacancy.

a person representing a constituency in certain legislative bodies.

adjective

appointed, elected, or serving as an assistant or second-in-command.

OTHER WORDS FOR deputy

1 agent, representative, surrogate, envoy, emissary, proxy.

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Origin of deputy

1375–1425; late Middle English depute<Old French, noun use of past participle of deputer to depute

OTHER WORDS FROM deputy

dep·u·ty·ship, nounsub·dep·u·ty, noun, plural sub·dep·u·ties.

Words nearby deputy

depurate, depurative, deputation, depute, deputize, deputy, deputy minister, deputy sheriff, de Quervain's disease, De Quincey, der.

How to use deputy in a sentence

The Sheriff’s deputy ordered her to sign a ticket containing a promise to appear in court several months later.
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The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department investigated and not only cleared Graham of battery — deputies went on to charge the woman with filing a false police report.
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Erik Caldwell, the city’s deputy chief operating officer, followed up and here’s a summary.
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Joe Levanthal, a Republican and former ethics commissioner, and Marni von Wilpert, a Democrat and deputy city attorney, advanced through the March primary.
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Been is New York City’s deputy mayor for housing and economic development.
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Patrick Klugman, the deputy mayor of Paris, said: “We are living our kind of 9/11,” he said.
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Coincidently, both he and the deputy shadow governor are Korengalis and Zalwar Khan knows them well.
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One is Dmitry Rogozin, the former ambassador to NATO and current deputy prime minister.
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Nick Clegg, the Lib Dem Deputy Prime Minister, attacked the Conservatives for their predictable response to the report.
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Ibrahim made clear to Deputy Dennis Meyer that his daughter was a respectful and dutiful girl of Sudanese extraction.
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The door was opened; and the deputy stood back, while the son of the Duke entered the vestibule of the prison.
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Indeed, he thought the Englishman was some important official and took Chumru for his native deputy.
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The district headman is the deputy of the tribal ward headman to whom he is immediately responsible.
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After a preliminary defeat he was elected deputy at the time when Sallenauve sent in his resignation, in 1841.
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He was a deputy sitting on the right and upholding the Royalist platform of Divine Right.
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British Dictionary definitions for deputy

deputy

/ (ˈdɛpjʊtɪ) /

noun plural -ties

a person appointed to act on behalf of or represent another
(as modifier)the deputy chairman

a member of the legislative assembly or of the lower chamber of the legislature in various countries, such as France

British mining another word for fireman (def. 4)

Word Origin for deputy

C16: from Old French depute, from deputer to appoint; see depute

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