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deputer

deputer noun: one who deputes (deputizes, appoints someone as a deputy).

Noun

deputer (plural deputers)

  1. (rare) One who deputes (deputizes, appoints someone as a deputy).
    • [...] such of them as are rich, and of noble lineage; and that the Mob, the real sovereign of France, denounces, robs, and murders, without reason or measure, either the deputers or the deputies, either the innocent or the guilty.1793, A Letter to the Rt. Hon. Lord Grenville, […] , page 56
    • Offenders to be suspended, the deputers from office and benefice, and the persons deputed from their office [...].1846, Edward Henry Landon, A Manual of Council of the Holy Catholic Church, page 326

Forms of deputer

pluraldeputers

Origin of deputer

From depute + -er.

Questions about deputer

What does deputer mean?
Deputer means one who deputes (deputizes, appoints someone as a deputy).
What part of speech is deputer?
Deputer is a noun.
What is the plural of deputer?
The plural of deputer is deputers.

Words near deputer in the dictionary

  1. deputators
  2. depute
  3. deputed
  4. deputee
  5. deputees
  6. deputer
  7. deputers
  8. deputes
  9. deputeth
  10. deputied
  11. deputies

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