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Deputy   /dˈɛpjəti/  /dˈɛpjuti/   Listen
Deputy

noun
(pl. deputies)
1.
Someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies.  Synonym: deputy sheriff.
2.
An assistant with power to act when his superior is absent.  Synonym: 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.  Synonym: surrogate.



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"Deputy" Quotes from Famous Books



... excuses are as obedient to your calls as your men," returned the young lady; "but how comes it that the hero of the Ariel sends a deputy to perform a duty that is so peculiarly his own? Is he wont to ...
— The Pilot • J. Fenimore Cooper

... midst of the fray, but received but one wound, in the hand. He was between the two men at one time and then sought safety against the wall. When the smoke cleared away he went to the Old Corner drug store to have his hand dressed. Here he was arrested later by Deputy-Sheriff James Lockwood. ...
— Volume 12 of Brann The Iconoclast • William Cowper Brann

... by Marshal James until February 18, 1840, and he immediately forwarded them to his deputy, Ira B. Brunson of Prairie du Chien. As soon as navigation opened in the spring he left for Fort Snelling. Notice was at once given to the settlers to move, and when they refused a detachment of soldiers was called out on May 6th and under the direction ...
— Old Fort Snelling - 1819-1858 • Marcus L. Hansen

... Knights Visitors, Swordsmen, Bowmen, the Seneschal of the Castle, Marshals and Deputy Marshals, Chamberlains of the household, servitors of the Castle, a Herald and two Pursuivants, a Judge of Peace, and a Jester—besides ...
— Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign • John Ashton

... Darwin,—Many thanks for your kind letter. I was afraid to write because I heard such sad accounts of your health, but I am glad to find that you can write, and I presume read, by deputy. My little article on Haughton's paper was published in the Annals of Natural History about August or September last, I think, but I have not a copy to refer to. I am sure it does not deserve Asa Gray's praises, for ...
— Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 (of 2) • James Marchant


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