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| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
1375–1425; late Middle English depute < Old French, noun use of past participle of deputer to depute
Related forms
1. agent, representative, surrogate, envoy, emissary, proxy.
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- Harris, the first deputy mayor, offer the only details of what exactly she does.
- Kvaal, deputy under secretary of education, said two trends were causing default rates to rise.
- So far he has pointedly refrained from the customary naming of a second deputy prime minister.
| deputy (ˈdɛpjʊtɪ) | |
| —n , pl -ties | |
| 1. | a. a person appointed to act on behalf of or represent another |
| b. (as modifier): the deputy chairman | |
| 2. | a member of the legislative assembly or of the lower chamber of the legislature in various countries, such as France |
| 3. | (Brit) mining another word for fireman |
| [C16: from Old French depute, from deputer to appoint; see | |
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Deputy definition
in 1 Kings 22:47, means a prefect; one set over others. The same Hebrew word is rendered "officer;" i.e., chief of the commissariat appointed by Solomon (1 Kings 4:5, etc.). In Esther 8:9; 9:3 (R.V., "governor") it denotes a Persian prefect "on this side" i.e., in the region west of the Euphrates. It is the modern word _pasha_. In Acts 13:7, 8, 12; 18:12, it denotes a proconsul; i.e., the governor of a Roman province holding his appointment from the senate. The Roman provinces were of two kinds, (1) senatorial and (2) imperial. The appointment of a governor to the former was in the hands of the senate, and he bore the title of proconsul (Gr. anthupatos). The appointment of a governor to the latter was in the hands of the emperor, and he bore the title of propraetor (Gr. antistrategos).
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