deputies
Authorized stand-ins appointed
Deputies are people appointed or elected to act on behalf of others.
A deputy sheriff assists or substitutes for a sheriff; deputies in this sense often carry law enforcement authority.
In some governments, elected legislators are called deputies.
More generally, a deputy is anyone designated to act as a substitute: She left her deputy in charge while traveling.
Elected county law officers
- marshalsOrganizes or assembles
- constablesLow-ranking peace officers
- officersThose holding authority
- patrolRegular surveillance route
badge · uniform · jurisdiction · arrest · detain · enforce · squad · precinct
Subordinate staff members
- adjutantsAssistants to senior officers
- lieutenantsDeputy officers in command
- secondsTime units, or extras
- subordinatesThose ranked below
right-hand · apprentices · juniors · understudies · seconds-in-command · helpers · staff · attachés
Temporary human placeholder
- surrogateOne acting for another
- substituteReplacement for another
- actingTemporarily holding position
- interimProvisional in-between phase
delegate · representative · designate · fill-in · replacement · temporary · appointed · authorized
National legislative assembly
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
- assemblyConstructing from components
- lawmakersElected officials writing statutes
- representativesThose acting for others
members · chamber · caucus · coalition · opposition · backbenchers · sessions · deliberation
sheriffs
Elected county law officers
- marshalsOrganizes or assembles
- constablesLow-ranking peace officers
- officersThose holding authority
patrol · badge · uniform · jurisdiction · arrest · detain · enforce · squad · precinct · dispatch
aides
Subordinate staff members
- adjutantsAssistants to senior officers
- lieutenantsDeputy officers in command
- secondsTime units, or extras
subordinates · right-hand · apprentices · juniors · understudies · seconds-in-command · helpers · staff · attachés · associates
stand-in
Temporary human placeholder
- surrogateOne acting for another
- substituteReplacement for another
- actingTemporarily holding position
interim · delegate · representative · designate · fill-in · replacement · temporary · appointed · authorized · empowered
parliament
National legislative assembly
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
- assemblyConstructing from components
- lawmakersElected officials writing statutes
representatives · members · chamber · caucus · coalition · opposition · backbenchers · sessions · deliberation · committees
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- authorityleaders, ruler, rulers, monarch, bosses
- Historical Policingconstables, sheriffs, watchmen, night watch, bobbies
- Latin American politicsCuban Revolution, politicians, Sandinistas, parties, Zapatistas
- governmentgovernment, ministries, legislature, judiciary, executive branch
- policingpatrol, police powers, arrests, police officer, arrest
deputieschiefs
Top-ranking leaders
principals · leaders · bosses · superiors · commanders
deputiesconstituents
Parts of a whole
citizens · subordinates · subjects · the public · civilians