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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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... us, an' he licked us so plumb damn hard we was skeered ter fight ag'in, an' then, 'stid of tramplin' on us, he turned right 'round, an' made me a deputy. My brother's a corporal in this hyar newfangled milishy. I reckon this time the peace is goin' ter last. Hit's a mighty funny way ter act, but 'pears like it works ...
— The Call of the Cumberlands • Charles Neville Buck
... might follow him up to the moment he was killed in the other man's place, and inquire whether he had any right to the feelings of a hero when he was only hired in the place of one. Might call it 'The Career of a Deputy Hero.'" ...
— Henry James, Jr. • William Dean Howells
... some little approach to English form when the colonial judges went on the circuit. In Massachusetts the sheriff or his deputy was accustomed to come out from the court town to meet the judges as they approached it, to open a term of court.[Footnote: "Life and Works of John Adams," II, ...
— The American Judiciary • Simeon E. Baldwin, LLD
... command in July, 1780, superseding Baron de Kalb; and Col. Williams with his regiment appears at the seat of war, in the Southern States, about that time. He assumed by appointment the important post of deputy Adjutant General, which added greatly to his duties, but which he discharged through his whole period of service, with exemplary fidelity. He has left a detailed narrative of the campaign of 1780, (published in Johnston's Life of Greene,) and his letters give most graphic accounts of the ...
— A sketch of the life and services of Otho Holland Williams • Osmond Tiffany
... Stephen's reign that Rhys ap Gruffydd laid the foundation of his power, and raised Deheubarth to be the foremost of the native principalities. The Lord Rhys was clever and farseeing enough to win the confidence of Henry II., and received from him the title of Justiciar—or King's Deputy—in South Wales. As long as Owain Gwynedd lived the unusual spectacle was seen of a prince of South Wales and a prince of North Wales working harmoniously together. But after Owain's death (1170) Rhys fought with his successors over the possession ...
— Mediaeval Wales - Chiefly in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: Six Popular Lectures • A. G. Little


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