Deputy

Deputy (deputy)
n.	(-t)
Dep"u*ty
; pl. Deputies (#). [F. député, fr. LL. deputatus. See Depute.]

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.

There was then [in the days of Jehoshaphat] no king in Edom; a deputy was king. 1 Kings xxii. 47.

God's substitute,
His deputy anointed in His sight. Shak.

* 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.

A member of the Chamber of Deputies.

[France]

Chamber of Deputies, one of the two branches of the French legislative assembly; -- formerly called Corps Législatif. Its members, called deputies, are elected by the people voting in districts.

Syn. -- Substitute; representative; legate; delegate; envoy; agent; factor.

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