Definitions for deputies

deputies dep·u·ty

Spelling: [dep-yuh-tee]
IPA: /ˈdɛp yə ti/

Deputies is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 263 anagrams from letters in deputies (deeipstu).

Definitions for deputies

noun

  1. a person appointed or authorized to act as a substitute for another or others.
  2. deputy sheriff.
  3. a person appointed or elected as assistant to a public official, serving as successor in the event of a vacancy.
  4. a person representing a constituency in certain legislative bodies.

adjective

  1. appointed, elected, or serving as an assistant or second-in-command.

Origin of deputies

1375-1425; late Middle English depute Old French, noun use of past participle of deputer to depute

Examples for deputies

Patrick Klugman, the deputy mayor of Paris, said: “We are living our kind of 9/11,” he said.

Looking back, Andy saw a rifle pitch to the shoulder of the deputy.

The deputy officer took a chair and tipped it back against the wall.

When the deputy arrived at the apartment, he asked to speak with the girls and was led to their bedroom.

Ibrahim made clear to deputy Dennis Meyer that his daughter was a respectful and dutiful girl of Sudanese extraction.

Coincidently, both he and the deputy shadow governor are Korengalis and Zalwar Khan knows them well.

The master and mistress thenceforth transact their affairs by deputy.

Jared Wiley, the deputy, was talking to a group near the stain, explaining.

One is Dmitry Rogozin, the former ambassador to NATO and current deputy prime minister.

To all of this the deputy listened sadly, combing his mustaches.

Word Value for deputies
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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