deputy
IPA: dˈɛpjʌti
noun
- One appointed as the substitute of others, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office.
- (mining, historical) A person employed to install and remove props, brattices, etc. and to clear gas, for the safety of the miners.
- (government) The name for a member of parliament in some countries.
- A member of the French National Assembly.
- (historical) A member of the French Chamber of Deputies, formerly called Corps Législatif.
- (Ireland, often capitalized) A member of Dáil Éireann, or the title of a member of Dáil Éireann.
- (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
- (informal, nonstandard) to deputise
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Examples of "deputy" in Sentences
- His deputy was the assistant manager.
- The Deputy Bailiff preside in the assembly.
- The squatter murdered the sheriff's deputy.
- The deputy acts in the absence of the state coroner.
- A deputy was accidentally shot in the ensuing fracas.
- In the final scene, the deputy is debriefed at the hospital.
- Additionally, he is Deputy Director of the and Director of the.
- He will be deputy Chief Adjudicator for the 2008 Championships.
- Formalities can be completed in the Office of the Deputy Commissioner.
- The Chief of the Air Staff's deputy is the Assistant Chief of the Air Staff.
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