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Definition of deputy
deputies
1a : a person appointed as a substitute with power to actb : a second in command or assistant who usually takes charge when his or her superior is absent
2 : a member of the lower house of some legislative assemblies
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Examples of deputy in a Sentence
the club president sent a deputy to the conference to vote on our behalf
a deputy supervisor to help out with routine tasks
Recent Examples of deputy from the Web
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His defense also focused around what his attorneys said were weaknesses in the court order that failed to acknowledge times when deputies would detain immigrants and later hand them over to federal authorities.
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U.K. Subsidiary Deutsche Bank in March unveiled a new strategy that involves focusing the investment bank on corporate clients and highlighting the firm’s German roots, including appointing two German deputies to Cryan.
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Comey served as the deputy attorney general in the George W. Bush administration; Wray worked below him in the Justice Department. 4.
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If the doors were unlocked, Simpson said, deputies would attempt to talk to the owner and urge them to lock their cars.
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Kevin Stevenson, chief deputy coroner said there were no visible signs of trauma to the body and foul play is not suspected.
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During the execution of the warrant, deputies discovered 66 dogs in a small building set back from a two-story home at the address, police said.
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Regina Stivers earns $118,000 a year as deputy secretary of the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet.
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Weber has been in the Clermont County Jail since June 10 on charges of burglary and possessing drug abuse instruments, deputies said.
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Origin and Etymology of deputy
Middle English, from Anglo-French deputé, past participle of deputer
Other Government and Politics Terms
DEPUTY Defined for Kids
deputy
playDefinition of deputy for Students
deputies
: a person who officially acts for or in place of another
Law Dictionary
deputy
playLegal Definition of deputy
deputies
1 : a person appointed as a substitute with power to act
2 : a second in command or assistant who usually takes charge when his or her superior is absent; specifically : deputy sheriff
Origin and Etymology of deputy
Middle French deputé person appointed to exercise authority, from past participle of deputer to appoint, depute
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