What (who) is deputy - definition
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National deputy; Depute; Deputy (disambiguation); Deputization
deputy
(deputies)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A deputy is the second most important person in an organization such as a business or government department. Someone's deputy often acts on their behalf when they are not there.
...Jack Lang, France's minister for culture, and his deputy, Catherine Tasca.
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2.
In some parliaments or law-making bodies, the elected members are called deputies.
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Deputy
·noun A member of the Chamber of Deputies.
II. Deputy ·noun 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.
deputy
n. a special deputy
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Deputy
Deputy or depute may refer to:
- Steward (office)
- Khalifa, an Arabic title that can signify "deputy"
- Deputy (legislator), a legislator in many countries and regions, including:
- A member of a Chamber of Deputies, for example in Italy, Spain, Argentina, or Brazil.
- A member of a National Assembly, as in Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Costa Rica, France, Pakistan, Poland or Quebec.
- A member of the Dáil Éireann (Lower House of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland)
- A member of the States of Guernsey or the States of Jersey elected by a parish or district
- Deputy (Acadian), a position in 18th-century Nova Scotia, Canada
- Deputy Führer, a title for the deputy head of the Nazi Party
- A subordinate
- Deputy premier, a subordinate of the Premier and next-in-command in the cabinet of the Soviet Union and its successor countries, including:
- First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union
- Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union, a subordinate of the Premier and the First Deputy Premier and third-in-command of the Soviet Government
- Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Deputy sheriff, deputized by a sheriff to perform the same duties as the sheriff
- Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
- White House Deputy Chief of Staff
- Deputy marriage commissioner
- Deputy governor
- Deputy mayor
- Deputy overman (pit deputy) in a mine
- Deputy Speaker, in a legislative assembly
- Deputy premier, a subordinate of the Premier and next-in-command in the cabinet of the Soviet Union and its successor countries, including:
Pronunciation examples for deputy
1. The Deputy Secretary of Transportation, the Deputy
GPS For Humanity _ Dr. Bradford Parkinson _ Talks at Google
2. No,
she's the deputy director.
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
3. White House Deputy Spokesperson
Civil Wars & A History in Ideas _ David Armitage _ Talks at Google
4. His deputy is African American.
John Lewis _ Talks at Google
5. I was deputy foreign minister.
Getting Away with Murder - Benazir Bhutto's Assassination & More _ Heraldo Muñoz _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of deputy
1. The party nominated Deputy Speaker Oleg Morozov, the deputy head of the party‘s Duma faction, to become first deputy speaker, while Yury Volkov, another deputy faction head, will be appointed a deputy speaker, Kovalyov said.
2. Shoaib, Deputy Collector Deputy Collector, Collectorate of Customs, ST&FE (Adj–III), Karachi Deputy Collector, Collectorate of Customs (Exports), Karachi.
3. Junaid Arshad, Deputy Collector Collectorate of Customs, Lahore Deputy Collector, Collectorate of Customs, ST & F.E, Hyderabad.
4. Azmat Tahira, Deputy Collector Collectorate of Customs, ST & FE (Adjudication), Lahore at Deputy Director, Dte.
5. Shazia Ikram, Deputy Collector, Collectorate of Customs, Lahore Deputy Director, DOT (Customs), Lahore.