deputy sheriff
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of deputy sheriff
First recorded in 1665–75
Example Sentences
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In 2014, graduated from a police academy in New York and was sworn in as a deputy sheriff for the Department of Public Safety.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2026
So his father Dirk, a deputy sheriff, did what any Wisconsin dad would do: He made the bitterly cold climate work for his kids.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
Democratic Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo is defending her seat representing the Santa Clarita area against Patrick Lee Gipson, a retired deputy sheriff who the state Republican Party hopes can flip the district in the November election.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2024
A dozen years ago, John Mark Dougan, a former deputy sheriff in Palm Beach County, Fla., sent voters an email posing as a county commissioner, urging them to oppose the re-election of the county’s sheriff.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2024
‘Then I am the deputy sheriff and my name is Mister Wilson and I tell you the judge is busy. Come back some other day.’
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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