deputy

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• Hyphenation: dep‧u‧ty

Noun

Singular deputy

Plural deputies

1. (countable) A deputy is somebody one level down from another person. The deputy helps the other person or does that person's job sometimes.

   The sheriff posted a deputy to stay until they could get a better look in the morning.

   He was Deputy Secretary and Under Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz.