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depute
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depute
v.
appoint as a representative; delegate authority to a deputy
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Chamber of Deputies
Chamber of deputies is the name given to a legislative body such as the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or can refer to a unicameral legislature.
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Deputy
Deputy may refer to:
- Steward (office)
- Deputy (legislator), a legislator in many countries, including:
- A member of a Chamber of Deputies
- A member of a National Assembly
- A member of the Dáil Éireann (Lower House of the parliament of The Republic of Ireland)
- A member of the States of Guernsey or the States of Jersey elected by a parish or district
- Deputy Führer - title for the deputy head of the Nazi Party
- A subordinate
- Deputy premier - a subordinate of the Premier and next-in-command in the cabinet of the Soviet Union and its successor countries, including:
- First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union
- Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union, a subordinate of the Premier and the First Deputy Premier and third-in-command of the Soviet Government
- Deputy sheriff, deputized by a sheriff to perform the same duties as the sheriff
- Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
- White House Deputy Chief of Staff
- Deputy marriage commissioner
- Deputy premier - a subordinate of the Premier and next-in-command in the cabinet of the Soviet Union and its successor countries, including:
- Deputy Dawg
- Deputy, Indiana, a small town in the United States
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depute
Verb
1. transfer power to someone
(synonym) delegate
(hypernym) delegate, designate, assign
(derivation) delegating, delegation, relegating, relegation, deputation
2. appoint as a substitute
(synonym) deputize, deputise
(hypernym) appoint, charge
(derivation) delegating, delegation, relegating, relegation, deputation
3. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
(synonym) delegate, designate, assign
(hypernym) appoint, charge
(hyponym) mandate
(derivation) deputation, commission, delegation, delegacy, mission
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député
nm.
deputy, member of Parliament, representative, congressman, delegate, burgess
députer
v.
deputize, depute
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deputar
v.
depute; deputize, appoint a deputy
