deputy

Noun

1. One appointed as the substitute of others, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office.
2. (historical) A person employed to install and remove props, brattices, etc. and to clear gas, for the safety of the miners.
3. The name for a member of parliament in some countries.
4. The name for a member of parliament in some countries.
5. (historical) The name for a member of parliament in some countries.
6. (Ireland, capitalized, often) The name for a member of parliament in some countries.
7. (US) a law enforcement officer who works for the county sheriff's office; a deputy sheriff or sheriff's deputy; the entry level rank in such an agency.

Verb

to deputise

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɛpjəti/

Etymology

From French député, from Late Latin deputatus (“appointed”).

Synonyms

representative

substitute

delegate

assistant

agent

proxy

alternate

surrogate

lieutenant

vice-

subordinate

congressman

attorney

deputy sheriff

vicegerent

spokesman

member of parliament

replacement

associate

procurator

acting

supplementary

upholder

congresswoman

locum tenens

Member of Parliament

proponent

believer

exponent

ambassador

apprentice

locum-tenens

advocate

helper

successor

temporary

vicar

vicarious

voice

yeoman

congressperson

fill-in

locum

member of the parliament

pinch hitter

vice-regent

mediary

sub-

subjoint

dep

Translations

député

deputato

Stellvertreter

diputado

adjoint

delegato

suppléant

sostituto

Vertreter

deputado

αναπληρωτής

Abgeordnete

gedeputeerde

Agent

Abgeordneter

Sentences

In May of the following year he was made a Deputy Lieutenant of Midlothian .

After Democrats lost their House majority , Wainwright was elected deputy minority leader .