Deputy may refer to:
- Steward (office)
- Deputy (legislator), a legislator in many countries, including:
- A member of a Chamber of Deputies
- A member of a National Assembly
- A member of the Dáil Éireann
- A member of the States of Guernsey or the States of Jersey elected by a parish or district
- A subordinate
- Deputy premier - a subordinate of the Premier and next-in-command in the cabinet of the Soviet Union and its successor countries, including:
- First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union
- Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union, a subordinate of the Premier and the First Deputy Premier and third-in-command of the Soviet Government
- Deputy sheriff, deputized by a sheriff to perform the same duties as the sheriff
- Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
- White House Deputy Chief of Staff
- Deputy marriage commissioner
- Deputy premier - a subordinate of the Premier and next-in-command in the cabinet of the Soviet Union and its successor countries, including:
- Deputy Dawg
- Deputy, Indiana, a small town in the United States
Famous quotes containing the word deputy:
“The only law was that enforced by the Creek Lighthorsemen and the U.S. deputy marshals who paid rare and brief visits; or the “two volumes of common law” that every man carried strapped to his thighs.”
—State of Oklahoma, U.S. relief program (1935-1943)
“Not all the water in the rough rude sea
Can wash the balm off from an anointed king;
The breath of worldly men cannot depose
The deputy elected by the Lord.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)