subordinate, serving as an assistant (i.e. deputy sheriff)
representative; agent; assistant
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Deputy Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Deputy Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
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.
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.
(n.)
A member of the Chamber of Deputies.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA member of the Chamber of Deputies.
deputy
\dep"u*ty\ (-t&ybreve;), n.; pl. deputies (#). [f. député, 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. there was then [in the days of jehoshaphat] no king in edom; a deputy was king. ii. 47. god's substitute, his deputy anointed in his sight.
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.
2. a member of the chamber of deputies. [france]
similar words(2)
deputy sheriff
deputy lieutenant
Rhaglaw = n. deputy; lieutenant
Rhaglyw = n. a deputy governor
Rhagwas = n. deputy servant
Deputy, (n.)
A male relative of an office-holder, or of his bondsman. The deputy is commonly a beautiful young man, with a red necktie and an intricate system of cobwebs extending from his nose to his desk. When accidentally struck by the janitor's broom, he gives off a cloud of dust.
"Chief Deputy," the Master cried,
"To-day the books are to be tried
By experts and accountants who
Have been commissioned to go through
Our office here, to see if we
Have stolen injudiciously.
Please have the proper entries made,
The proper balances displayed,
Conforming to the whole amount
Of cash on hand -- which they will count.
I've long admired your punctual way --
Here at the break and close of day,
Confronting in your chair the crowd
Of business men, whose voices loud
And gestures violent you quell
By some mysterious, calm spell --
Some magic lurking in your look
That brings the noisiest to book
And spreads a holy and profound
Tranquillity o'er all around.
So orderly all's done that they
Who came to draw remain to pay.
But now the time demands, at last,
That you employ your genius vast
In energies more active. Rise
And shake the lightnings from your eyes;
Inspire your underlings, and fling
Your spirit into everything!"
The Master's hand here dealt a whack
Upon the Deputy's bent back,
When straightway to the floor there fell
A shrunken globe, a rattling shell
A blackened, withered, eyeless head!
The man had been a twelvemonth dead.
Jamrach Holobom
The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce, 1911 (About)A male relative of an office-holder, or of his bondsman. The deputy is commonly a beautiful young man, with a red necktie and an intricate system of cobwebs extending from his nose to his desk. When accidentally struck by the janitor's broom, he gives off a cloud of dust.
"Chief Deputy," the Master cried,
"To-day the books are to be tried
By experts and accountants who
Have been commissioned to go through
Our office here, to see if we
Have stolen injudiciously.
Please have the proper entries made,
The proper balances displayed,
Conforming to the whole amount
Of cash on hand -- which they will count.
I've long admired your punctual way --
Here at the break and close of day,
Confronting in your chair the crowd
Of business men, whose voices loud
And gestures violent you quell
By some mysterious, calm spell --
Some magic lurking in your look
That brings the noisiest to book
And spreads a holy and profound
Tranquillity o'er all around.
So orderly all's done that they
Who came to draw remain to pay.
But now the time demands, at last,
That you employ your genius vast
In energies more active. Rise
And shake the lightnings from your eyes;
Inspire your underlings, and fling
Your spirit into everything!"
The Master's hand here dealt a whack
Upon the Deputy's bent back,
When straightway to the floor there fell
A shrunken globe, a rattling shell
A blackened, withered, eyeless head!
The man had been a twelvemonth dead.
Jamrach Holobom
Noun
1. someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies
(synonym) deputy sheriff
(hypernym) lawman, law officer, peace officer
(derivation) substitute, deputize, deputise, step in
2. an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent
(synonym) lieutenant
(hypernym) assistant, helper, help, supporter
(hyponym) second-in-command
(derivation) substitute, deputize, deputise, step in
3. a member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France)
(hypernym) legislator
(classification) France, French Republic
4. a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
(synonym) surrogate
(hypernym) agent
(hyponym) vicegerent
(derivation) substitute, deputize, deputise, step in
Deputy Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
Deputy Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Deputy may refer to:
- Steward (office)
- Deputy (legislator), a legislator in many countries, including:
- A member of a Chamber of Deputies
- A member of a National Assembly
- A member of the Dáil Éireann
- A member of the States of Guernsey or the States of Jersey elected by a parish or district
- A subordinate
- First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union, a subordinate of the Premier and second-in-command of the Soviet Government
- Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union, a subordinate of the Premier and the First Deputy Premier and third-in-command of the Soviet Government
- Deputy sheriff, deputized by a sheriff to perform the same duties as the sheriff
- Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
- White House Deputy Chief of Staff
- Deputy marriage commissioner
- Deputy Dawg
- Deputy, Indiana, a small town in the United States
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Deputy Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
One authorized by an officer to exercise the office or right which the officer possesses, for and in place of the latter.
In general, ministerial officers can appoint deputies unless the office is to be exercised by the ministerial officer in person; and where the office partakes of a judicial and ministerial character, although a deputy may be made for the performance of ministerial acts, one cannot be made for the performance of a judicial act. A sheriff cannot therefore make a deputy to hold an inquisition, under a writ of inquiry, though he may appoint a deputy to serve a writ.
In general, a deputy has power to do every act which his principal might do but a deputy cannot make a deputy.
A deputy should always act in the name of his principal. The principal is liable for the deputy's acts performed by him as such, and for the neglect of the deputy. The deputy is liable himself to the person injured for his own tortious acts.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
Courtesy of the 'Lectric Law Library.In general, ministerial officers can appoint deputies unless the office is to be exercised by the ministerial officer in person; and where the office partakes of a judicial and ministerial character, although a deputy may be made for the performance of ministerial acts, one cannot be made for the performance of a judicial act. A sheriff cannot therefore make a deputy to hold an inquisition, under a writ of inquiry, though he may appoint a deputy to serve a writ.
In general, a deputy has power to do every act which his principal might do but a deputy cannot make a deputy.
A deputy should always act in the name of his principal. The principal is liable for the deputy's acts performed by him as such, and for the neglect of the deputy. The deputy is liable himself to the person injured for his own tortious acts.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
Deputy Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
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).
(Acts 13:7,8,12; 19:38) The Greek word signifies proconsul, the title of the Roman governors who were appointed by the senate.
