deputy

3 definitions • 10 examples

a person who is given the power to do something instead of another person, or the person whose rank is immediately below that of the leader of an organization:

I'd like you to meet Ann Gregory, my deputy.

act as deputy UK I'm acting as deputy while the boss is away.

the deputy director/editor/sheriff

UK She's deputy (= deputy headteacher) of a large North London school.

a person who is given the power to act instead of, or to help do the work of, another person:

a deputy chairman

the deputy editor

a sheriff’s deputy

a person whose rank is immediately below that of the head of an organization or a department, and who is in charge when the head is not there:

He was appointed to the Paris office, serving as deputy to the bureau chief.

You will be required to act as deputy in the Sales Manager's absence.

deputy chairman/director