deputy
Sheriff's right hand
A deputy is someone authorized to act on behalf of another, especially as a second-in-command: the deputy director, deputy mayor.
In American law enforcement, a deputy is an officer working under a sheriff.
The word implies both subordination and delegation of authority—a deputy can exercise power, but that power flows from someone else's position.
County's chief officer
- marshalArrange in proper order
- constableLow-ranking peace officer
- badgeWorn symbol of membership
- patrolRegular surveillance route
arrest · policing · investigation · jurisdiction · precinct · squad · uniform · custody
Temporary human placeholder
- fill-inTemporary substitute person
- proxyAuthorized substitute
- surrogateOne acting for another
- locumTemporary professional replacement
understudy · reserve · relief · replacement · interim · acting · temporary · backup
Accredited diplomatic representative
- emissaryAgent sent abroad
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- legateOfficial ecclesiastical representative
- attachéEmbassy specialist officer
minister · consul · plenipotentiary · nuncio · chargé d'affaires · representative · commissioner · delegate
Immediate subordinate to leader
- vice-presidentSecond-ranking executive officer
- heirOne who receives legacy
- successorOne who replaces another
- understudyBackup actor, ready nightly
protégé · viceroy · vice-chair · vice-chancellor · designate · apparent · presumptive · regent
Supporting staff member
- adjutantCommander's administrative officer
- lieutenantJunior commissioned officer
- right-handOpposite of left
- coadjutorAssistant with succession rights
helper · support · subordinate · attaché · underling · apprentice · junior · staffer
Rules of order specialist
- congressmanHouse of Representatives member
- congresswomanFemale federal legislator
- representativeOne who acts for another
- delegateEntrust authority to another
member · caucus · constituency · legislation · committee · session · chamber · assembly
sheriff
County's chief officer
patrol · arrest · policing · investigation · jurisdiction · precinct · squad · uniform · custody · warrant
stand-in
Temporary human placeholder
locum · understudy · reserve · relief · replacement · interim · acting · temporary · backup · alternate
envoy
Accredited diplomatic representative
- emissaryAgent sent abroad
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- legateOfficial ecclesiastical representative
attaché · minister · consul · plenipotentiary · nuncio · chargé d'affaires · representative · commissioner · delegate · intermediary
second-in-command
Immediate subordinate to leader
- vice-presidentSecond-ranking executive officer
- heirOne who receives legacy
- successorOne who replaces another
understudy · protégé · viceroy · vice-chair · vice-chancellor · designate · apparent · presumptive · regent
aide
Supporting staff member
- adjutantCommander's administrative officer
- lieutenantJunior commissioned officer
- right-handOpposite of left
coadjutor · helper · support · subordinate · attaché · underling · apprentice · junior · staffer · clerk
parliamentarian
Rules of order specialist
- congressmanHouse of Representatives member
- congresswomanFemale federal legislator
- representativeOne who acts for another
delegate · member · caucus · constituency · legislation · committee · session · chamber · assembly · floor
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- policeofficer, cop, officers, patrol, cops
- policingpatrol, police powers, arrests, police officer, arrest
- Westernscowboys, western, outlaws, sheriffs, western novels
- Wild Westcowboy, howdy, sheriff, giddyup, lawmen
- appointed positionsambassador, judge, cabinet member, commissioner, director
- deputy sheriffSheriff's subordinate officer
- deputy mayorSecond-ranking city official
- deputy prime ministerGovernment's second-ranking leader
- deputy marshalSecond-ranking law officer
- deputy directorOrganization's number two
- deputy chiefSecond-ranking organizational head
deputies, deputation, deputize, depute, deputed, deputizing, deputized, deputization