Synonyms for deputy

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dep-yuh-tee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛp yə ti

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Définition of deputy

Origin : c.1400, "one given the full power of an officer without holding the office," from Anglo-French deputé, noun use of past participle of Middle French députer "appoint, assign" (14c.), from Late Latin deputare "to destine, allot," in classical Latin "to esteem, consider, consider as," literally "to cut off, prune," from de- "away" (see de-) + putare "to think, count, consider," literally "to cut, prune" (see pave).

noun assistant, agent

Example sentences :

Looking back, Andy saw a rifle pitch to the shoulder of the deputy.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

The master and mistress thenceforth transact their affairs by deputy.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

To all of this the deputy listened sadly, combing his mustaches.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

The deputy officer took a chair and tipped it back against the wall.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

Jared Wiley, the deputy, was talking to a group near the stain, explaining.
Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington

And so the deputy could not refrain from referring to his own anxiety.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Samuel Baldwin was the first sheriff of the county, and Johnson was his first deputy.
Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin

Some people had thought that the prelate wished to become a deputy.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Every deputy of any consequence who entered was named by Massot to his companions.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

After some time he got an appointment as deputy inspector at the Fish Market.
Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson

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