deputy

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

deputee (archaic)

Etymology[edit]

From French député, from Late Latin deputatus (“appointed”).

Pronunciation[edit]

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛpjəti/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛpjəti/, /ˈdɛpəti/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun[edit]

deputy (plural deputies)

One appointed as the substitute of others, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office.
the deputy of a prince

The deputy sheriff was promoted after his senior retired.

As the deputy store manager, he is able to fire staff.

Synonyms: lieutenant, representative, delegate, vice, vicegerent
(mining, historical) A person employed to install and remove props, brattices, etc. and to clear gas, for the safety of the miners.
(France) A member of the Chamber of Deputies, formerly called Corps Législatif.
(Ireland) a member of Dáil Éireann, or the title of a member of Dáil Éireann. (Normally capitalised in both cases).
Eamon Ryan is a deputy in the Dáil.

At today's meeting, Deputy Ryan will speak on local issues.
(US) a law enforcement officer who works for the county sheriff's office; a deputy sheriff or sheriff's deputy; the entry level rank in such an agency.
The sheriff's deputies took the suspect into custody.

Deputy Jones was promoted to corporal today.
(government) The name for a member of parliament in some countries.
The State Duma comprises 450 deputies.

Usage notes[edit]

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. In the British coal mining industry, the word referred to as a deputy overman, which was roughly akin to a foreman in other industries.

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Translations[edit]

representative

Albanian: zëvendës (sq) m
Arabic: نَائِب‎ m (nāʔib), نَائِبَة‎ f (nāʔiba)
Armenian: պատգամավոր (hy) (patgamavor)
Azerbaijani: müavin
Belarusian: наме́снік m (namjésnik), наме́сніца f (namjésnica)
Bulgarian: представи́тел (bg) m (predstavítel), заме́стник (bg) m (zaméstnik)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 代表 (zh) (dàibiǎo), 代理人 (zh) (dàilǐrén)
Czech: zástupce (cs) m, zástupkyně f, náměstek (cs) m, náměstkyně f
Danish: stedfortræder (da) c, vice-, næst-
Dutch: vertegenwoordiger (nl) m, vertegenwoordigster (nl) f
Esperanto: deputato
Estonian: esindaja (et)
Faroese: umboð n, varamaður m
Finnish: edustaja (fi), sijainen (fi), varajäsen (fi)
French: adjoint (fr) m, adjointe (fr) f, suppléant (fr) m, suppléante (fr) f
Galician: vigairo m, maneiro m
Georgian: მოადგილე (moadgile)
German: Stellvertreter (de) m, Stellvertreterin (de) f
Greek: αναπληρωτής (el) m (anaplirotís), αναπληρώτρια (el) f (anaplirótria)
Hebrew: סֶגֶן‎ (he) m (ségen), סְגָנִית‎ f
Hindi: नायब (hi) m (nāyab), नाइब (hi) m (nāib), डिप्टी (hi) m (ḍipṭī)
Hungarian: helyettes (hu), megbízott (hu), megbízott helyettes
Ido: deputato (io), adyunto (io)
Indonesian: deputi (id)
Italian: delegato (it) m, rappresentate (it) m, vice (it) m
Japanese: 代理 (ja) (だいり, dairi), 代理人 (ja) (だいりにん, dairinin)
Kazakh: орынбасар (orynbasar)
Khmer: ជំនួស (km) (cumnuəh), បាឡាត់ (km) (baalat), ភូឈួយ (km) (phuu chuəy)
Korean: 대리인(代理人) (ko) (daeriin), 대리자(代理者) (ko) (daerija)
Kyrgyz: орунбасар (orunbasar)
Lao: ຜູ້ຮອງ (phū hǭng), ຜູ້ແທນ (phū thǣn)
Latin: lēgātus (la) m
Latvian: vietnieks m, vietniece f
Lithuanian: pavaduotojas m, pavaduotoja f
Macedonian: заменик m (zamenik), заменичка f (zamenička)
Manx: fo-reiltagh m
Maori: tēputi, kaitiriwā
Mingrelian: ალმახვენჯი (almaxvenǯi)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: орлогч (mn) (orlogč)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nestleder (no) m
Pashto: معاون‎ m (mo'āwén), ډپتي‎ m (ḍepṭí)
Persian: جانشین‎ (fa) (jânešin), معاون‎ (fa) (mo'âven), نایب‎ (fa) (nâyeb)
Polish: zastępca (pl) m, zastępczyni (pl) f
Portuguese: representante (pt) m or f
Romanian: delegat (ro) m, reprezentant (ro) m, deputat (ro) m
Russian: замести́тель (ru) m (zamestítelʹ), замести́тельница (ru) f (zamestítelʹnica), представи́тель (ru) m (predstavítelʹ), представи́тельница (ru) f (predstavítelʹnica)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: за̑менӣк m, за̑мјенӣк m, за̑меница f, за̑мјеница f

Roman: zȃmenīk (sh) m, zȃmjenīk (sh) m, zȃmenica f, zȃmjenica (sh) f
Slovak: námestník m, námestkyňa f, zástupca m, zástupkyňa f
Slovene: namestnik m, namestnica f
Spanish: suplente c, sustituto (es) m, delegado (es) m, representante (es) c, adjunto (es) m
Swahili: naibu (sw)
Swedish: biträdande (sv), vice (sv)
Tajik: ҷонишин (tg) (jonišin), муовин (muovin), ноиб (noyib)
Tatar: урынбасар (tt) (urınbasar)
Thai: ผู้รักษาการแทน (pûu-rák-sǎa-gaan-tɛɛn), ตัวแทน (th) (dtuua-tɛɛn), ผู้แทน (th) (pûu-tɛɛn), ปลัด (bpà-làt)
Turkish: muavin (tr)
Turkmen: orunbasar
Ukrainian: засту́пник m (zastúpnyk), засту́пниця f (zastúpnycja)
Urdu: نائب‎ m (nā'ib), ڈپٹی‎ m (ḍipṭī)
Uyghur: مۇئاۋىن‎ (mu'awin)
Uzbek: muovin (uz), oʻrinbosar (uz)
Vietnamese: phó (vi)

legislator — See also translations at legislator

Armenian: պատգամավոր (hy) (patgamavor)
Azerbaijani: deputat (az)
Belarusian: дэпута́т m (deputát), дэпута́тка f (deputátka)
Bulgarian: депута́т (bg) m (deputát), депута́тка f (deputátka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 議員／议员 (zh) (yìyuán)
Danish: deputeret c
Esperanto: deputato
Finnish: edustaja (fi)
French: député (fr) m, députée (fr) f
Galician: deputado (gl) m
Georgian: დეპუტატი (deṗuṭaṭi)
German: Deputierter m (strong masculine form), Deputierte m or f (feminine or weak masculine form), Abgeordneter (de) m (strong masculine form), Abgeordnete (de) m or f (feminine or weak masculine form)
Greek: βουλευτής (el) m (vouleftís)
Hungarian: képviselő (hu), képviselőház tagja
Ido: deputato (io)
Indonesian: wakil rakyat (id)
Irish: teachta m
Italian: deputato (it), deputata (it) f
Japanese: 代議士 (ja) (だいぎし, daigishi)
Kazakh: депутат (deputat)
Korean: 의원(議員) (ko) (uiwon)
Kyrgyz: депутат (ky) (deputat)
Latvian: deputāts m
Lithuanian: deputatas (lt) m
Ngazidja Comorian: wakala class 5/6
Portuguese: deputado (pt) m
Romanian: deputat (ro) m, deputată (ro) f
Russian: депута́т (ru) m (deputát)
Spanish: diputado (es) m
Turkish: milletvekili (tr), mebus (tr)
Ukrainian: депута́т m (deputát), депута́тка f (deputátka)
Uzbek: deputat (uz)

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Norman: ^{(please verify)} député m (Jersey)

Verb[edit]

deputy (third-person singular simple present deputies, present participle deputying, simple past and past participle deputied)

(informal, nonstandard) to deputise