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deputy
[dep-yuh-tee]
noun
plural
deputiesa person appointed or authorized to act as a substitute for another or others.
Synonyms: , , , , ,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.
deputy
/ ˈ»åÉ›±èÂáÊŠ³Ùɪ /
noun
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
mining another word for fireman
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- deputyship noun
- subdeputy noun
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of deputy1
Example Sentences
He added he hoped "the rates come down and it's reviewed by the new deputies".
At the demo at City Hall, Belfast's deputy lord mayor said he wanted to show solidarity to people who had been targeted in the unrest.
Stephen Miller, the president’s deputy chief of staff, accused Bass on X of using “the language of the insurrectionist mob†while discussing her city.
Rashid fought in the 1980s war with Iraq and was formerly the deputy chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces.
Dame Jackie Baillie, the deputy leader of Scottish Labour, claimed the Tories are on the side of oil and gas companies "rather than working Scots".
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