deputy
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Pronunciation
[change]Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: dep‧u‧ty
Noun
[change]- (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.