deputy

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deputy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  deputy \dep"u*ty\ (d[e^]p"[-u]*t[y^]), n.; pl. Deputies
     (d[e^]p"[-u]*t[i^]z). [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.
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              There was then [in the days of Jehoshaphat] no king
              in Edom; a deputy was king.           --1 Kings
                                                    xxii. 47.
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              God's substitute,
              His deputy anointed in His sight.     --Shak.
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     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.
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     2. A member of the Chamber of Deputies. [France]
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     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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deputy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  deputy
      n 1: someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in
           emergencies [syn: deputy, deputy sheriff]
      2: an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent
         [syn: deputy, lieutenant]
      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
         [syn: deputy, surrogate]

deputy - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Deputy
  in 1 Kings 22:47, means a prefect; one set over others. The same
  Hebrew word is rendered "officer;" i.e., chief of the
  commissariat appointed by Solomon (1 Kings 4:5, etc.).
  
    In Esther 8:9; 9:3 (R.V., "governor") it denotes a Persian
  prefect "on this side" i.e., in the region west of the
  Euphrates. It is the modern word _pasha_.
  
    In Acts 13:7, 8, 12; 18:12, it denotes a proconsul; i.e., the
  governor of a Roman province holding his appointment from the
  senate. The Roman provinces were of two kinds, (1) senatorial
  and (2) imperial. The appointment of a governor to the former
  was in the hands of the senate, and he bore the title of
  proconsul (Gr. anthupatos). The appointment of a governor to the
  latter was in the hands of the emperor, and he bore the title of
  propraetor (Gr. antistrategos).

deputy - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Deputy, IN
    Zip code(s): 47230

deputy - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  207 Moby Thesaurus words for "deputy":
     G-man, MP, acolyte, adjutant, administrator, advocate, agent, aid,
     aide, aide-de-camp, aider, alternate, alternative, ambassador,
     amicus curiae, analogy, appointee, assignee, assistant, attendant,
     attorney, attorney-at-law, auxiliary, backup, bailiff, barrister,
     barrister-at-law, beadle, beagle, best man, bound bailiff,
     candidate, captain, catchpole, change, changeling, chief of police,
     coadjutant, coadjutor, coadjutress, coadjutrix, commissioner,
     comparison, conductor, connection, constable, copy, counsel,
     counselor, counselor-at-law, counterfeit, delegate, deputy sheriff,
     detective, directeur, director, double, dummy, emissary, envoy,
     equal, equivalent, ersatz, exchange, executive officer, factor,
     fake, fed, federal, fill-in, flic, friend at court, front,
     front man, gendarme, ghost, ghostwriter, go-between,
     government man, governor, help, helper, helpmate, helpmeet,
     imitation, impresario, inspector, intendant, interagent,
     interceder, intercessor, intermediary, intermediate,
     intermediate agent, intermediator, intermedium, internuncio,
     intervener, interventionist, interventor, lawyer, legal adviser,
     legal counselor, legal expert, legal practitioner, legalist,
     legate, licensee, lictor, lieutenant, locum tenens, mace-bearer,
     makeshift, manager, marshal, mediator, medium, metaphor, metonymy,
     middleman, minister, mounted policeman, mouthpiece, narc,
     negotiant, negotiator, negotiatress, negotiatrix, next best thing,
     nominee, officer, ombudsman, operative, paranymph,
     paraprofessional, patrolman, peace officer, personnel, phony,
     pinch hitter, pleader, police captain, police commissioner,
     police constable, police inspector, police matron, police officer,
     police sergeant, policeman, policewoman, portreeve, proctor,
     procurator, producer, proxy, rector, reeve, relief, replacement,
     representative, reserve, reserves, responsible person, ringer,
     roundsman, sea lawyer, second, second string, secondary, selectee,
     self-styled lawyer, sergeant, sergeant at arms, servant, sheriff,
     sideman, sign, solicitor, spares, spokesman, spokesperson,
     spokeswoman, stand-in, sub, substituent, substitute, substitution,
     succedaneum, supercargo, superintendent, superseder, supplanter,
     supporting actor, supporting instrumentalist, surrogate, symbol,
     synecdoche, third string, tipstaff, tipstaves, token, trooper,
     understudy, utility player, vicar, vice-president, vice-regent