Deputies : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Deputies	by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deputy \Dep"u*ty\, n.; pl. {Deputies}. [F. d[82]put[82], fr. LL. deputatus. See {Depute}.] 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. 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. Note: 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. 2. A member of the Chamber of Deputies. [France] {Chamber of Deputies}, one of the two branches of the French legislative assembly; -- formerly called {Corps L[82]gislatif}. Its members, called deputies, are elected by the people voting in districts. Syn: Substitute; representative; legate; delegate; envoy; agent; factor.