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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deputy \Dep"u*ty\, n.; pl {Deputies}. [F. d['e]put['e], 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. --1 Kings xxii. 47. God's substitute, His deputy anointed in His sight. --Shak. 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] {Chamber of Deputies}, one of the two branches of the French legislative assembly; -- formerly called {Corps L['e]gislatif}. Its members, called deputies, are elected by the people voting in districts. Syn: Substitute; representative; legate; delegate; envoy; agent; factor.
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