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Type Words
Synonyms lieutenant
Type of helper, supporter, assistant, help
Has types vice-regent, vicar-general, second-in-command
Derivation deputize, deputise
Type Words
Synonyms surrogate
Type of agent
Has types vicegerent
Derivation deputise, deputize
Type Words
Synonyms deputy sheriff
Type of peace officer, lawman, law officer
Derivation deputise
Type Words
Type of legislator

Examples of deputy

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Shaquille O'Neal was just sworn in as a Worcester County deputy reserve sheriff.
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Bell was stopped in June 2010 by an off-duty Bernalillo County sheriff's deputy.
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He was then transferred to Afghanistan where he became Osama bin Laden's deputy.
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Indeed, the Department of Homeland Security's deputy secretary is an Aecom alum.
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Deputy editor Amy Stevens was making north of $400,000, several colleagues said.
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He began his career here as a correctional officer and retired as deputy warden.
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Kern, who was off-duty that night, was not wearing his sheriff's deputy uniform.
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There's no difference between the office of the first and deputy first minister.
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Pazin said he remembered the case well, and was a young deputy when it happened.
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  • Someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies
  • An assistant with power to act when his superior is absent
  • A member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France)
  • A person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
  • The Parliament of Catalonia (Parlament de Catalunya) is the unicameral legislature of Catalonia. It is formed by 135 members ("diputats"), who are elected every four years in ordinary period, or extraordinarily upon dissolution and call of elections by the President of Catalonia, by universal ...
  • A deputy is a legislator in many countries, particularly those with legislatures styled as a 'Chamber of Deputies' or 'National Assembly'.
  • The Deputy, a Christian tragedy (German: Der Stellvertreter. Ein christliches Trauerspiel), also known as The Representative, is a controversial 1963 drama by Rolf Hochhuth which indicts Pope Pius XII for his claimed failure to take action or speak out against The Holocaust. ...
  • The Deputy is a 1959-1961 half-hour NBC western series featuring Henry Fonda as Chief Marshal Simon Fry of the Arizona Territory and Allen Case as Deputy Clay McCord, a storekeeper who tried to avoid using a gun.
  • 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; : A member of the Chamber of Deputies, formerly ...