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deputy(dictionary)
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deputy (iou)



deputy noun, adjective, & verb. LME.
[Var. of DEPUTE noun, with final syll. of the French retained: see -Y5.]
A. noun.
A person appointed or delegated to act or to exercise authority for another or others; a substitute, a lieutenant. LME.
by deputy by another person in one's stead, by proxy.
H. P. Brougham The lesser barons were called to send deputies, instead of attending personally.
b. Law. A person authorized to exercise disinterestedly the whole or a part of an office on behalf of the office-holder. LME.
spec.
a. A person deputed to exercise authority on behalf of the sovereign (power); a Lord or a Deputy Lieutenant (of Ireland), a viceroy, a proconsul. obsolete exc. Hist. LME.
b. In The City of London, a person who acts instead of an alderman in the absence of the latter. M16.
c. An overseer responsible for safety in a coalmine. M19.
A member of a legislative assembly, spec. of a Chamber of Deputies (see below). E17.
Chamber of Deputies the lower house of Parliament of the French Third Republic, of Italy, and some other countries.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Deputed; acting or appointed to act instead of another or others. L15.
deputy lieutenant the deputy of the Lord Lieutenant of a county.
C. verb trans. Appoint or send as deputy. rare. E17.
deputyship noun the position or the term of office of a deputy L16.