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dep⋅u⋅ty

  [dep-yuh-tee] noun, plural -ties.
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1. a person appointed or authorized to act as a substitute for another or others.
2. deputy sheriff.
3. a person appointed or elected as assistant to a public official, serving as successor in the event of a vacancy.
4. a person representing a constituency in certain legislative bodies.
–adjective
5. appointed, elected, or serving as an assistant or second-in-command.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME depute < OF, n. use of ptp. of deputer to depute

Related forms:
dep⋅u⋅ty⋅ship, noun

Synonyms:
1. agent, representative, surrogate, envoy, emissary, proxy.
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dep·u·ty   (děp'yə-tē)   
n.   pl. dep·u·ties
  1. A person appointed or empowered to act for another.
  2. An assistant exercising full authority in the absence of his or her superior and equal authority in emergencies: a deputy to the sheriff.
  3. A representative in a legislative body in certain countries.

[Middle English depute, from Old French, from past participle of deputer, to depute; see depute.]
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Deputy

Dep"u*ty\, n.; pl. Deputies. [F. d['e]put['e], fr. LL. deputatus. See Depute.]

1. One appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him, in his name or his behalf; a substitute in office; a lieutenant; a representative; a delegate; a vicegerent; as, the deputy of a prince, of a sheriff, of a township, etc.

There was then [in the days of Jehoshaphat] no king in Edom; a deputy was king. --1 Kings xxii. 47.

God's substitute, His deputy anointed in His sight. --Shak.

Note: Deputy is used in combination with the names of various executive officers, to denote an assistant empowered to act in their name; as, deputy collector, deputy marshal, deputy sheriff.

2. A member of the Chamber of Deputies. [France]

Chamber of Deputies, one of the two branches of the French legislative assembly; -- formerly called Corps L['e]gislatif. Its members, called deputies, are elected by the people voting in districts.

Syn: Substitute; representative; legate; delegate; envoy; agent; factor.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : deputy
Spanish: suplente, sustituto,
German: der, *die Stellvertreter(in),
Japanese: 代理
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deputy 
1406, "one given the full power of an officer without holding the office," from Anglo-Fr. depute, n. use of pp. of M.Fr. deputer "appoint, assign," from L.L. deputare "to destine, allot," from L. deputare "consider as," from de- "away" + putare "to think, count, consider," lit. "to cut."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: dep·u·ty
Pronunciation: 'de-py&-tE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ties
Etymology: Middle French deputé person appointed to exercise authority, from past participle of deputer to appoint, depute
1 : a person appointed as a substitute with power to act
2 : a second in command or assistant who usually takes charge when his or her superior is absent; specifically : DEPUTY SHERIFF
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Deputy

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).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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