deputer

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See also: députer

English

Etymology

From depute +‎ -er.

Noun

deputer (plural deputers)

  1. (rare) One who deputes (deputizes, appoints someone as a deputy).
    • 1793, A Letter to the Rt. Hon. Lord Grenville, , page 56:
      [...] 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.
    • 1846, Edward Henry Landon, A Manual of Council of the Holy Catholic Church, page 326:
      Offenders to be suspended, the deputers from office and benefice, and the persons deputed from their office [...].
    • 2018, C. P. Boyko, The Children's War, Biblioasis, →ISBN:
      “Here's their signatures.” Lea. “What is this? The maximum allowed a deputy is five deputed votes, and only then when the deputers cannot come themselves, for whatsoever reason.”

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

dēputer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dēputō