deputy

English

Etymology

French député, from Late Latin deputatus (appointed).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛpjəti/

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Noun

deputy (plural deputies)

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.
2. (in France): A member of the Chamber of Deputies, formerly called Corps Législatif
3. (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.

Usage notes

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.

Synonyms

• substitute
• representative
• legate
• delegate
• envoy
• agent
• See also Wikisaurus:deputy

Hyponyms

• vice admiral
• vice director
• vicegerent
• vice president

Translations

representative

• Armenian: պատգամավոր (patgamavor)
• Bulgarian: представител (bg) m (predstavítel), заместник (bg) m (zaméstnik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 代表 (zh) (dàibiǎo), 代理人 (zh) (dàilǐrén)

• Dutch: adjudant (nl) m, adjudante f
• Finnish: edustaja (fi), sijainen, varajäsen (fi)
• French: adjoint (fr) m, suppléant (fr) m
• Georgian: მოადგილე (moadgile)
• German: Stellvertreter (de) m, Stellvertreterin (de) f
• Hungarian: megbízott helyettes
• Japanese: 代理 (ja) (だいり, dairi), 代理人 (だいりにん, dairinin)

• Manx: fo-reiltagh m
• Maori: tēputi, kaitiriwā
• Portuguese: representante (pt) m, f
• Russian: заместитель (ru) m (zamestítelʹ), заместительница (ru) f (zamestítelʹnica), представитель (ru) m (predstavítelʹ), представительница (ru) f (predstavítelʹnica)
• Spanish: suplente c, sustituto m, delegado (es) m, representante (es) c, adjunto (es) m
• Swedish: biträdande (sv), vice (sv)
• Turkish: milletvekili (tr), delege (tr)

legislator

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 議員 (zh), 议员 (zh) (yìyuán)

• French: député (fr) m
• German: Deputierter m (strong masculine form), Deputierte m, f (feminine or weak masculine form), Abgeordneter (de) m (strong masculine form), Abgeordnete (de) m, f (feminine or weak masculine form)

• Italian: deputato (it)
• Japanese: 代議士 (だいぎし, daigishi)
• Portuguese: deputado (pt) m
• Russian: депутат (ru) m (deputát)
• Spanish: diputado (es) m

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Translations to be checked

• Jèrriais: député m

See also

• vice-

External links

• deputy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• deputy in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• “deputy” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.