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Another word for deputy

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Noun

  1. One who stands for another

    See also:

    substitute

  2. A person who holds a position auxiliary to another and assumes some of the superior's responsibilities

    See also:

    help

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Another word for deputy

Noun
  1. See also:

    agent

    delegate

    assistant

    agent

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • He'd recently employed a deputy who was doing a top notch job.

  • I eluded that stupid sheriff's deputy in the south.

  • He also murdered a deputy sheriff who stopped him because the law knew his license plate from a tip.

  • The duties were to be performed by the possessor or his deputy; and the king was entitled to demand the yearly homage of a present of poultry from the feudal holder.

  • 16) or Abishai, as his deputy (1 Chron.

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