deputy
part of speech
noun (deputies)
meaning for a pupil
1) A deputy is a person who acts for another and takes their place when needed. tree →
2) A deputy is the second in command, the one just below the leader. tree →
sense in the lessons
in tales, the helper or messenger sent by a queen or ruler to do the work for her.
examples
- And there was no king in Edom: a deputy was king. (Prophets 1KI.22.48, JPS 1917) tree →
- Prepare against her the nations, the kings of the Medes, the governors thereof, and all the deputies thereof, and all the land of his dominion. (Prophets JER.51.28, JPS 1917) tree →
- And with thee will I shatter the shepherd and his flock, and with thee will I shatter the husbandman and his yoke of oxen, and with thee will I shatter governors and deputies. (Prophets JER.51.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- The queen's deputy brought the news. tree →
- Our teacher's deputy took the class today. tree →
- The captain was away, so the deputy was in charge. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «deputy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.