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Deputy Noun Important Person Organization Business Government Department

word deputy
definition
noun
A deputy is the second most important person in an organization such as a business or government department . Someone's deputy often acts on their behalf when they are not there.
...France's minister for culture and his deputy.
...the academy's deputy director, Vladimir Kudryatsev.
In some parliaments or law-making bodies, the elected members are called deputies .
The president appealed to deputies to approve the plan quickly.
inflections deputies
cefr-level C1

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