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dep·u·ty    Audio Help   [dep-yuh-tee] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -ties.
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]

dep·u·ty·ship, noun

1. agent, representative, surrogate, envoy, emissary, proxy.
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dep·u·ty    Audio Help   (děp'yə-tē)  Pronunciation Key 
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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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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."

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deputy

noun
1. someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies 
2. an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent 
3. a member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France) 
4. a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
deputy [ˈdepjuti] noun
someone appointed to help a person and take over some of his jobs if necessary
Example: While the boss was ill, his deputy ran the office.
Arabic: نائِب
Chinese (Simplified): 副(职)
Chinese (Traditional): 副(職)
Czech: zástupce
Danish: stedfortræder; vice-; næst-; under-
Dutch: plaatsvervanger
Estonian: asetäitja
Finnish: sijainen
French: adjoint, ointe
German: der, *die Stellvertreter(in)
Greek: αναπληρωτής
Hungarian: helyettes
Icelandic: fulltrúi
Indonesian: wakil
Italian: sostituto
Japanese: 代理
Korean: 보좌관, 대리, …보
Latvian: vietnieks
Lithuanian: pavaduotojas
Norwegian: nestkommanderende, stedfortreder, vara-, vise-
Polish: zastępca
Portuguese (Brazil): substituto
Portuguese (Portugal): substituto
Romanian: adjunct
Russian: заместитель
Slovak: zástupca
Slovenian: namestnik, pomočnik
Spanish: suplente, sustituto
Swedish: ställföreträdare, vikarie
Turkish: vekil
See also: depute, deputize, deputise, deputation

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Deputy, IN Zip code(s): 47230

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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.
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