deputy

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) One appointed as the substitute of others, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office.
 * 2)  A person employed to install and remove props, brattices, etc. and to clear gas, for the safety of the miners.
 * 3)  The name for a member of parliament in some countries.
 * 4) A member of the French National Assembly.
 * 5)  A member of the French Chamber of Deputies, formerly called Corps Législatif.
 * 6)  A member of Dáil Éireann, or the title of a member of Dáil Éireann.
 * 7)  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.
 * 1) A member of the French National Assembly.
 * 2)  A member of the French Chamber of Deputies, formerly called Corps Législatif.
 * 3)  A member of Dáil Éireann, or the title of a member of Dáil Éireann.
 * 4)  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.
 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  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.

Usage notes
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. In the British coal mining industry, the word referred to as a deputy overman, which was roughly akin to a foreman in other industries.

Synonyms

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Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: نَائِب, نَائِبَة
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: müavin
 * Belarusian: наме́снік, наме́сніца
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:, zástupkyně, , náměstkyně
 * Danish:, vice-, næst-
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: deputato
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: umboð, varamaður
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:, , ,
 * Galician: vigairo, maneiro
 * Georgian: მოადგილე
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:, סְגָנִית
 * Hindi:, ,
 * Hungarian:, , megbízott helyettes
 * Ido: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: орынбасар
 * Khmer:, ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Kyrgyz: орунбасар
 * Lao: ຜູ້ຮອງ, ຜູ້ແທນ
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: vietnieks, vietniece
 * Lithuanian: pavaduotojas, pavaduotoja
 * Macedonian: заменик, заменичка
 * Manx: fo-reiltagh
 * Maori: tēputi, kaitiriwā
 * Mingrelian: ალმახვენჯი
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Pashto: معاون, ډپتي
 * Persian:, ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: за̑менӣк, за̑мјенӣк, за̑меница, за̑мјеница
 * Roman:, , zȃmenica,
 * Slovak: námestník, námestkyňa, zástupca, zástupkyňa
 * Slovene: namestnik, namestnica
 * Spanish: suplente,, , ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tajik:, муовин, ноиб
 * Tatar:
 * Thai: ผู้รักษาการแทน,, , ปลัด
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: orunbasar
 * Ukrainian: засту́пник, засту́пниця
 * Urdu: نائب, ڈپٹی
 * Uyghur: مۇئاۋىن
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese:


 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: дэпута́т, дэпута́тка
 * Bulgarian:, депута́тка
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: deputeret
 * Esperanto: deputato
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: დეპუტატი
 * German: Deputierter, Deputierte , ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, képviselőház tagja
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: teachta
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: депутат
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latvian: deputāts
 * Lithuanian:
 * Ngazidja Comorian: wakala
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: депута́т, депута́тка
 * Uzbek:


 * Norman:

Verb

 * 1)  to deputise