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Definition deputy

Etymology

From French député, from Late Latin deputatus (“appointed”).

Noun

deputy (plural deputies)

1. One appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office
2. (mining, historical) A person employed to install and remove props, brattices, etc. and to clear gas, for the safety of the miners.
3. (France): A member of the Chamber of Deputies, formerly called Corps Législatif
4. (Ireland): a member of Dáil Éireann, or the title of a member of Dáil Éireann. (Normally capitalised in both cases)

Verb

deputy (third-person singular simple present deputies, present participle deputying, simple past and past participle deputied)

1. (informal, nonstandard) to deputise

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