Definitions for deputy

deputy dep·u·ty

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

Deputy is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 75 anagrams from letters in deputy (deptuy).

Definitions for deputy

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 deputy

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

Examples for deputy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The master and mistress thenceforth transact their affairs by deputy.

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

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

Word Value for deputy
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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