deputy
pronunciation
How to pronounce deputy in British English:
UK [ˈdepjuti]
How to pronounce deputy in American English:
US [ˈdepjuti]
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- Noun:
- someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies
- an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent
- 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
Word Origin
- deputy
- deputy: [16] A deputy is literally ‘someone who has been deputed to act on someone else’s behalf’. It represents a reformulation of the Middle English noun depute. This was borrowed from the past participle of Old French deputer (source of the English verb depute [15] and hence of deputation [16]), which in turn came from late Latin dēputāre ‘assign, allot’.In classical times this meant literally ‘cut off’ (it was a compound verb formed from the prefix dē- ‘off’ and putāre, which meant ‘cut’ – as in amputate – as well as ‘esteem, consider, reckon, think’ – as in compute, dispute, impute, and repute).=> amputate, compute, count, dispute, impute, putative, repute
- deputy (n.)
- c. 1400, "one given the full power of an officer without holding the office," from Anglo-French deputé, noun use of past participle of Middle French députer "appoint, assign" (14c.), from Late Latin deputare "to destine, allot," in classical Latin "to esteem, consider, consider as," literally "to cut off, prune," from de- "away" (see de-) + putare "to think, count, consider," literally "to cut, prune" (see pave).
Synonym
Example
- 1. The alleged mole reportedly worked for a deputy minister .
- 2. His deputy reckons half of pardhi men are criminal .
- 3. Exclaimed henri emmanuelli , a socialist deputy .
- 4. The deputy 's other daughter , a four-month-old , was injured and is in stable condition .
- 5. Yasuhisa kawamura is japan 's deputy consul general in new york .