Definition of deputy

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Deputy (n.) 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..

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Nawab :: Nawab (n.) A deputy ruler or viceroy in India; also, a title given by courtesy to other persons of high rank in the East..
Apocrisiarius :: Apocrisiarius (n.) A delegate or deputy; especially, the pope's nuncio or legate at Constantinople..
Locum Tenens :: Locum tenens () A substitute or deputy; one filling an office for a time.
Prolegate :: Prolegate (n.) The deputy or substitute for a legate.
Deputize :: Deputize (v. t.) To appoint as one's deputy; to empower to act in one's stead; to depute.
Nabob :: Nabob (n.) A deputy or viceroy in India; a governor of a province of the ancient Mogul empire.
Deputation :: Deputation (n.) The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency..
Popeling :: Popeling (n.) A petty or deputy pope.
Representative :: Representative (n.) An agent, deputy, or substitute, who supplies the place of another, or others, being invested with his or their authority..
Deputy :: Deputy (n.) A member of the Chamber of Deputies.
Vicarious :: Vicarious (prep.) Of or pertaining to a vicar, substitute, or deputy; deputed; delegated; as, vicarious power or authority..
Governor General :: Governor general () A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him; as, the governor general of Canada, of India..
Ordinary :: Ordinary (n.) One who has immediate jurisdiction in matters ecclesiastical; an ecclesiastical judge; also, a deputy of the bishop, or a clergyman appointed to perform divine service for condemned criminals and assist in preparing them for death..
Exarch :: Exarch (n.) A viceroy; in Ravenna, the title of the viceroys of the Byzantine emperors; in the Eastern Church, the superior over several monasteries; in the modern Greek Church, a deputy of the patriarch , who visits the clergy, investigates ecclesiastical cases, etc..
Depute :: Depute (v. t.) To appoint as deputy or agent; to commission to act in one's place; to delegate.
Underchamberlain :: Underchamberlain (n.) A deputy chamberlain of the exchequer.
Subcircular :: Subchanter (n.) An underchanter; a precentor's deputy in a cathedral; a succentor.
Undersheriff :: Undersheriff (n.) A sheriff's deputy.
Surrogate :: Surrogate (n.) The deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor, especially a deputy who grants marriage licenses..
Vicar :: Vicar (n.) One deputed or authorized to perform the functions of another; a substitute in office; a deputy.
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