Deputy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Deputy	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deputy n someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies Synonym(s): deputy, deputy sheriff an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent Synonym(s): deputy, lieutenant a member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France) a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others Synonym(s): deputy, surrogate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deputy \Dep"uty\, 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.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Deputy, IN Zip code(s): 47230
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Deputy in 1 Kings 22:47, means a prefect; one set over others. The same Hebrew word is rendered "officer;" i.e., chief of the commissariat appointed by Solomon (1 Kings 4:5, etc.). In Esther 8:9; 9:3 (R.V., "governor") it denotes a Persian prefect "on this side" i.e., in the region west of the Euphrates. It is the modern word _pasha_. In Acts 13:7, 8, 12; 18:12, it denotes a proconsul; i.e., the governor of a Roman province holding his appointment from the senate. The Roman provinces were of two kinds, (1) senatorial and (2) imperial. The appointment of a governor to the former was in the hands of the senate, and he bore the title of proconsul (Gr. anthupatos). The appointment of a governor to the latter was in the hands of the emperor, and he bore the title of propraetor (Gr. antistrategos).