Meaning
- (noun) One appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office “As the deputy store manager, he is able to fire staff.”
- (noun) A person employed to install and remove props, brattices, etc. and to clear gas, for the safety of the miners.
- (noun) (France): A member of the Chamber of Deputies, formerly called Corps Législatif
- (noun) (Ireland): a member of Dáil Éireann, or the title of a member of Dáil Éireann. (Normally capitalised in both cases) “At today's meeting, Deputy Ryan will speak on local issues.”
- (noun) (United States): a law enforcement officer who works for the county sheriff's office; a deputy sheriff or sheriff's deputy; the entry level rank in such an agency “The sheriff's deputies took the suspect into custody.”
Letter breakdown
- Deputies contains 8 letters: 4 vowel(s) and 4 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 11.
Words from these letters
- deputes
- despite
- dispute
- depute
- duties
- espied
- spited
- stupid
- suited
- upside
- deeps
- diets
- duets
- dupes
- edits
- setup
- sited
- speed
- spied
- spite
- steed
- steep
- suede
- suite
- tepid
- tides
- upset
- deep
- dept
- dies
- diet
- dips
- dues
- duet
- dupe
- dust
- edit
- ides
- peed
- pees
- pest
- pets
- pied
- pies
- pits
- puts
- seed
- seep
- side
- site
- situ
- sped
- spit
- spud
- step
- stud
- sued
- suet
- suit
Connected words
Other 8-letter words
- aardvark
- abacuses
- abalones
- abandons
- abashing
- abattoir
- abbesses
- abdicate
- abdomens
- abducted
- abductee
- abductor
- aberrant
- abetters
- abetting
- abettors
- abeyance
- abhorred
Words starting with DEP
- depart
- departed
- departing
- department
- departmental
- departmentalize
- departments
- departs
- departure
- departures
- depend
- dependability
- dependable
- dependably
- dependance
- dependant
- dependants
- depended
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Words ending with IES
Reader questions
What does Deputies mean?
One appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office
How many letters are in Deputies?
Deputies has 8 letters.
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