deputy
/ˈdɛpjəti/ sustantivo B2En español: suplente, sustituto, delegado, representante
- One appointed as the substitute of others, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office. · the deputy of a prince· The deputy sheriff was promoted after his senior retired.
- A person employed to install and remove props, brattices, etc. and to clear gas, for the safety of the miners.
- The name for a member of legislature in some countries. · The State Duma comprises 450 deputies.
- A member of the French National Assembly.
- A member of the French Chamber of Deputies, formerly called Corps Législatif.
- a law enforcement officer who works for the county sheriff's office; a deputy sheriff or sheriff's deputy; the entry level rank in such an agency. · The sheriff's deputies took the suspect into custody.· Deputy Jones was promoted to corporal today.
Plural deputies
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Holmes, that it is no use my pretending to be anyone's deputy."
The Deputy Procureur du Roi
He was about to marry a young and charming woman, whom he loved, not passionately, but reasonably, as became a deputy attorney of the king; and besides her personal attractions, which were very great, Mademoiselle de Saint-Méran’s family possessed considerable political influence, which they would, of course, exert in his favor.
de Villefort, be, as you always are, kind and equitable, and give him back to us soon.” This give us sounded revolutionary in the deputy’s ears.
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