deputydep‧u‧ty /ˈdepjəti/ ●●○ noun (plural deputies) [countable] 
the Deputy Secretary of State2someone whose job is to help a sheriff in the US3a member of parliament in some countries, for example France
WORD ORIGINdeputy
Origin:
1400-1500 French député, past participle of députer; ➔ DEPUTEEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- He became the deputy head of the FBI at the age of only 36.
- The deputy director is authorized to act in the director's absence.
- the deputy district attorney
- In addition to intuitive judgements a head, deputy and other colleagues need to make sense to outsiders.
- Richard, 32, deputy manager of a sports centre, returned home to Leeds.
- Rose said the staffing level proposed by the sheriff would put 64 deputies on site with only 140 inmates.
- Since then, Michael has been deputy treasurer on several occasions and chairman once before in 1975.
- The deputy judge inferred that the deceased was seriously confused as to the extent of his assets.
Longman Language Activatora manager who is in a lower position
someone who is immediately below the rank of another manager, and who is officially in charge when that other person is away or ill: deputy director/manager/principal etc: · The deputy director is authorized to act in the director's absence.· He became the deputy head of the FBI at the age of only 36.
a manager who is in charge of an organization or department when a more senior manager is not there: · I left the planning to my second- in-command while I was away.· She had been second- in-command at the nursing home and was now a senior manager in one of the big Boston hospitals.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY the Deputy Secretary of StateCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Barrett serves as vice chairman.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
1 (also Deputy) someone who is directly below another person in rank, and who is officially in charge when that person is not theredeputy director/chairman/governor etc the Deputy Secretary of State Barrett serves as vice chairman.· By 1914 he had been appointed deputy superintendent at Dehra Dun.· He was elected a director of the rapidly expanding Company in 1767, and was appointed deputy chairman the following year.· The reformed parliament with temporarily appointed deputies has already established itself as a genuine decision-making legislature.· Paul Lawson from Melbourne had worked with Oz in Sydney and he automatically came round, and was appointed deputy editor.
· Six parliamentary deputies faced criminal prosecution once their parliamentary immunity had been removed.
NOUN· The delegations were headed by the deputy chairs of the republican Supreme Soviets.· Kohl was elected chair by 98.5 percent of the vote and de Maizière deputy chair by 97.4 percent of the vote.· The Secretary of State for the Environment also selects board members, chairs and deputy chairs.· Jaroslav Volf, acting party leader during Dubcek's illness, was re-elected first deputy chair.
· Sean O'Dwyer, deputy chairman of Desmond & Sons, has good reason to agree.· Dino Adriano, chairman of Homebase, became the Sainsbury's executive director in charge of Shaw's as deputy chairman.· Tony Trythall as chairman and deputy chairman, will remain in place.· Last year, she became deputy chairman of the Conservative Party.· High Court judges are the deputy chairmen of the Parliamentary Boundary Commissions.· Dundas Hamilton, former deputy chairman of the Stock Exchange, was once in the Brownies.· Mr Gough is to be chairman and joint senior partner with Mr Bullock deputy chairman and joint senior partner.· He had been deputy chairman and chairman-designate since November 1985.
· Tashkent's deputy chief of police and the deputy city procurator allegedly watched the attack but did not intervene to stop it.
· Li Jing, hitherto deputy commander of the navy, was appointed as his deputy.· According to an Amal statement two people died in this attack, including the group's local deputy commander, Mahmud Haydar.
· He was promoted to secretary in 1968 becoming deputy director general in 1974.· It adds up to a recovery but not a boom, Sudhir Junankar, the deputy director of economic affairs said yesterday.· Peter Bibby has retired as deputy director of social services in Brent.· Ruth Eisenberg, the Institute's deputy director of practice regulation, has replaced June Ward as director of communications.
· Several deputy editors and the press had footplate rides.· A year later he moved again, to become deputy editor of the party's turgid theoretical review, Tarsadalmi Szemle.· The deputy editor had tried to be helpful.· Joined the Guardian in 1963, and served successively as deputy editor, managing editor and City editor until 1974.· Paul Lawson from Melbourne had worked with Oz in Sydney and he automatically came round, and was appointed deputy editor.
· Shaikh Abdullah bin Said bin Abdul-Aziz al-Thani became deputy governor at under-secretary level.· He persuaded the bishop of London to be a governor and Newton to become a deputy governor.· The new state governments each consisted of a governor, deputy governor and a cabinet of ministers.· In 1678 he was chosen deputy governor and in the following year was elected governor of the colony.· The prison governor is on leave; the deputy governor refused to comment.· In 1648 he was promoted lieutenant-colonel and deputy governor and signed a letter protesting at the treaty with the king at Newport.· He was deputy governor of the bank 1709-11 and governor 1711-13.
· In the original submission the deputy head felt that the impending school closure was a strong argument for receiving the money.· In this situation, the role of the deputy head might be undefined or non-existent, except in a symbolic sense.· The headteacher had been appointed in November 1981 and the deputy head and senior master had both arrived since.· Gen. Khan Aqa, deputy head of state security, was killed by a car bomb in Kabul on Nov. 3.· The latter is the technique used by the deputy head.· All deputy heads need a clear job specification and a place in school development and decision-making commensurate with their experience and seniority.
· The deputy judge gave very careful consideration to all the evidence to which I have referred.· The deputy judge concluded that the onus of establishing testamentary competence had not been discharged.· There is one authority on the point that was not available to the deputy judge.· The deputy judge had to take into account also the other evidence relevant to the issue of testamentary competence.· The deputy judge ruled against this contention.· This argument found favour with the deputy judge.· The deputy judge refused to admit the document to probate.· The background facts, as found by the deputy judge, are these.
· The party's deputy leader, Donald McKinnon, immediately resigned as defence spokesperson in protest over the volteface.· However, over the weekend, the deputy Leader of the Opposition contradicted that.· The post of deputy leader went to Margaret Beckett, who won 57.3 percent of the vote.· Roy Hattersley's simultaneous resignation as deputy leader also opens up the increasingly sterile debate on constitutional reform.· George Brown, deputy leader, was in his hey-day.· Coun Popple represents the Acklam ward and is deputy leader of the Conservative group on the council.· His presence as deputy leader would also help the left to breathe beyond this immediate post-election period.
· It is possible he will be a candidate for both the leadership and deputy leadership.· All three challengers for the deputy leadership are members of the Club.· In 1988 he made an unsuccessful attempt to challenge Mr Hattersley for the deputy leadership.
· He had acquired an estate at Llanherne in Carmarthenshire and became a deputy lieutenant of that county in July 1674.· The invitation to become deputy Lieutenant came in June this year, he still doesn't know why.· In 1623 he was deputy lieutenant in Cambridgeshire, and in 1625, a colonel of the Suffolk regiments defending the coasts.· He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and deputy lieutenant of the county.· In practice, most of them have previously been deputy lieutenants.· Named one of Parliament's deputy lieutenants in March 1642, his subsequent military record was undistinguished.· He was a justice of the peace, served as sheriff of the county, and became a deputy lieutenant in 1585.· He was a deputy lieutenant of Selkirkshire and an honorary sheriff substitute.
· There may be a deputy manager and one or more senior staff.· Richard, 32, deputy manager of a sports centre, returned home to Leeds.· But the girlfriend of deputy manager John Onanuga leapt to his defence.· He was previously deputy manager at the Arcade Hotel, Portsmouth.· So it had been throughout the fifteen years he had been deputy manager, so it would ever be.
· Cohn-Bendit is today deputy mayor of Frankfurt.· She replaced Ruth Feldgrill-Zankel who had resigned to become deputy mayor of Graz.· The deputy mayor is not vice-chairman of the council.· The former deputy mayor of Lakhdaria was arrested.
· A number of deputy ministers were also appointed.· There were in addition 23 ministers of state and three deputy ministers.
· Another doesn't vote, because he's deputy speaker, so Major gets his way in Central South.
VERB· Like any office holder, he could appoint his own deputy.· Problems by the bushel await Prior and his recently appointed team of deputies.· He seems also to have had the right to appoint deputies to act for him in individual duchy lordships.· Then appoint a deputy to take over the command of the Warden's duties and forces - possibly Sir Simon himself.· When Amis became literary editor of the New Statesman, he appointed Barnes his deputy.· Li Jing, hitherto deputy commander of the navy, was appointed as his deputy.· Limbo, the direct marketing agency, has appointed Linda Rost deputy managing director.· The Secretary of State also appoints the chairman and deputy chairman of each body.
· Shaikh Abdullah bin Said bin Abdul-Aziz al-Thani became deputy governor at under-secretary level.· He became deputy chairman of the merged business.· She replaced Ruth Feldgrill-Zankel who had resigned to become deputy mayor of Graz.· A year later he moved again, to become deputy editor of the party's turgid theoretical review, Tarsadalmi Szemle.· He persuaded the bishop of London to be a governor and Newton to become a deputy governor.· He had acquired an estate at Llanherne in Carmarthenshire and became a deputy lieutenant of that county in July 1674.· However, by running for leader, he is jeopardising his chances of becoming Smith's deputy.· The invitation to become deputy Lieutenant came in June this year, he still doesn't know why.
· The republic's 245,000 registered voters were to elect deputies to the 42-seat Federal Assembly from 320 candidates representing 21 parties.· In the recent elections, Bustamante, who had returned from exile, had been elected as a deputy to Congress.· Peter Reith, an unsuccessful contender for the leadership, was elected as deputy leader.· The president would no longer be chosen by voters but by an electoral college of supposedly nonpartisan locally elected deputies.
· Gary Kalenge was replaced by his deputy Maj.-Gen.
the Deputy Secretary of State2someone whose job is to help a sheriff in the US3a member of parliament in some countries, for example France