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deputy 音标拼音: [d'ɛpjəti] [d'ɛpjuti] n. 代理人,代表 代理人,代表 deputy n 1: someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies [ synonym: { deputy}, { deputy sheriff}] 2: an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent [ synonym: { deputy}, { lieutenant}] 3: a member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly ( such as in France) 4: a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others [ synonym: { deputy}, { surrogate}] deputy \ dep" u* ty\ ( d[ e^] p"[- u]* t[ y^]), n.; pl. { Deputies} ( d[ e^] p"[- u]* t[ i^] z). [ F. d[' e] put[' e], fr. LL. deputatus. See { Depute}.] 1. One appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him, in his name or his behalf; a substitute in office; a lieutenant; a representative; a delegate; a vicegerent; as, the deputy of a prince, of a sheriff, of a township, etc. [ 1913 Webster] There was then [ in the days of Jehoshaphat] no king in Edom; a deputy was king. -- 1 Kings xxii. 47. [ 1913 Webster] God' s substitute, His deputy anointed in His sight. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Deputy is used in combination with the names of various executive officers, to denote an assistant empowered to act in their name; as, deputy collector, deputy marshal, deputy sheriff. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A member of the Chamber of Deputies. [ France] [ 1913 Webster] { Chamber of Deputies}, one of the two branches of the French legislative assembly; -- formerly called { Corps L[' e] gislatif}. Its members, called deputies, are elected by the people voting in districts. Syn: Substitute; representative; legate; delegate; envoy; agent; factor. [ 1913 Webster] 207 Moby Thesaurus words for " deputy": G- man, MP, acolyte, adjutant, administrator, advocate, agent, aid, aide, aide- de- camp, aider, alternate, alternative, ambassador, amicus curiae, analogy, appointee, assignee, assistant, attendant, attorney, attorney- at- law, auxiliary, backup, bailiff, barrister, barrister- at- law, beadle, beagle, best man, bound bailiff, candidate, captain, catchpole, change, changeling, chief of police, coadjutant, coadjutor, coadjutress, coadjutrix, commissioner, comparison, conductor, connection, constable, copy, counsel, counselor, counselor- at- law, counterfeit, delegate, deputy sheriff, detective, directeur, director, double, dummy, emissary, envoy, equal, equivalent, ersatz, exchange, executive officer, factor, fake, fed, federal, fill- in, flic, friend at court, front, front man, gendarme, ghost, ghostwriter, go- between, government man, governor, help, helper, helpmate, helpmeet, imitation, impresario, inspector, intendant, interagent, interceder, intercessor, intermediary, intermediate, intermediate agent, intermediator, intermedium, internuncio, intervener, interventionist, interventor, lawyer, legal adviser, legal counselor, legal expert, legal practitioner, legalist, legate, licensee, lictor, lieutenant, locum tenens, mace- bearer, makeshift, manager, marshal, mediator, medium, metaphor, metonymy, middleman, minister, mounted policeman, mouthpiece, narc, negotiant, negotiator, negotiatress, negotiatrix, next best thing, nominee, officer, ombudsman, operative, paranymph, paraprofessional, patrolman, peace officer, personnel, phony, pinch hitter, pleader, police captain, police commissioner, police constable, police inspector, police matron, police officer, police sergeant, policeman, policewoman, portreeve, proctor, procurator, producer, proxy, rector, reeve, relief, replacement, representative, reserve, reserves, responsible person, ringer, roundsman, sea lawyer, second, second string, secondary, selectee, self- styled lawyer, sergeant, sergeant at arms, servant, sheriff, sideman, sign, solicitor, spares, spokesman, spokesperson, spokeswoman, stand- in, sub, substituent, substitute, substitution, succedaneum, supercargo, superintendent, superseder, supplanter, supporting actor, supporting instrumentalist, surrogate, symbol, synecdoche, third string, tipstaff, tipstaves, token, trooper, understudy, utility player, vicar, vice- president, vice- regentDeputy in 1 Kings 22: 47, means a prefect; one set over others. The same Hebrew word is rendered " officer;" i. e., chief of the commissariat appointed by Solomon ( 1 Kings 4: 5, etc.). In Esther 8: 9; 9: 3 ( R. V., " governor") it denotes a Persian prefect " on this side" i. e., in the region west of the Euphrates. It is the modern word _pasha_. In Acts 13: 7, 8, 12; 18: 12, it denotes a proconsul; i. e., the governor of a Roman province holding his appointment from the senate. The Roman provinces were of two kinds, ( 1) senatorial and ( 2) imperial. The appointment of a governor to the former was in the hands of the senate, and he bore the title of proconsul ( Gr. anthupatos). The appointment of a governor to the latter was in the hands of the emperor, and he bore the title of propraetor ( Gr. antistrategos).
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