
Word: Deputy
How to pronounce: ˈdepjʊtɪ
Noun
Definitions:
1. A person whose immediate superior is a senior figure within an organization and who is empowered to act as a substitute for this superior.
Example sentences: "His deputy has been largely running the business for the past year"
Synonyms:
assistant
vice
aide
mate
lieutenant
vicegerent
helpmate
minister
helpmeet
aid
surrogate
proxy
delegate
representative
assemblyman
member
envoy
agent
deputy sheriff
substitute
Derivations:
deputising
deputizing
deputise
deputize
deputation
deputed
deputing
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Deputy in Other Languages...
Spanish: Diputado
German: Stellvertretender
French: Adjoint
Italian: Vice
Turkish: Yardımcı