Exact Match:
- deputy
- an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent
- someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies
- a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
- a member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France)
Synonyms:
- G-man,
- MP,
- acolyte,
- adjutant,
- administrator,
- advocate,
- agent,
- aid,
- aide,
- aide-de-camp,
- aider,
- alternate,
- alternative,
- ambassador,
- amicus curiae,
- analogy,
- appointee,
- assignee,
- assistant,
- attendant,
- attorney,
- attorney-at-law,
- auxiliary,
- backup,
- bailiff,
- barrister,
- barrister-at-law,
- beadle,
- beagle,
- best man,
- bound bailiff,
- candidate,
- captain,
- catchpole,
- change,
- changeling,
- chief of police,
- coadjutant,
- coadjutor,
- coadjutress,
- coadjutrix,
- commissioner,
- comparison,
- conductor,
- connection,
- constable,
- copy,
- counsel,
- counselor,
- counselor-at-law,
- counterfeit,
- delegate,
- deputy sheriff,
- detective,
- directeur,
- director,
- double,
- dummy,
- emissary,
- envoy,
- equal,
- equivalent,
- ersatz,
- exchange,
- executive officer,
- factor,
- fake,
- fed,
- federal,
- fill-in,
- flic,
- friend at court,
- front,
- front man,
- gendarme,
- ghost,
- ghostwriter,
- go-between,
- government man,
- governor,
- help,
- helper,
- helpmate,
- helpmeet,
- imitation,
- impresario,
- inspector,
- intendant,
- interagent,
- interceder,
- intercessor,
- intermediary,
- intermediate,
- intermediate agent,
- intermediator,
- intermedium,
- internuncio,
- intervener,
- interventionist,
- interventor,
- lawyer,
- legal adviser,
- legal counselor,
- legal expert,
- legal practitioner,
- legalist,
- legate,
- licensee,
- lictor,
- lieutenant,
- locum tenens,
- mace-bearer,
- makeshift,
- manager,
- marshal,
- mediator,
- medium,
- metaphor,
- metonymy,
- middleman,
- minister,
- mounted policeman,
- mouthpiece,
- narc,
- negotiant,
- negotiator,
- negotiatress,
- negotiatrix,
- next best thing,
- nominee,
- officer,
- ombudsman,
- operative,
- paranymph,
- paraprofessional,
- patrolman,
- peace officer,
- personnel,
- phony,
- pinch hitter,
- pleader,
- police captain,
- police commissioner,
- police constable,
- police inspector,
- police matron,
- police officer,
- police sergeant,
- policeman,
- policewoman,
- portreeve,
- proctor,
- procurator,
- producer,
- proxy,
- rector,
- reeve,
- relief,
- replacement,
- representative,
- reserve,
- reserves,
- responsible person,
- ringer,
- roundsman,
- sea lawyer,
- second,
- second string,
- secondary,
- selectee,
- self-styled lawyer,
- sergeant,
- sergeant at arms,
- servant,
- sheriff,
- sideman,
- sign,
- solicitor,
- spares,
- spokesman,
- spokesperson,
- spokeswoman,
- stand-in,
- sub,
- substituent,
- substitute,
- substitution,
- succedaneum,
- supercargo,
- superintendent,
- superseder,
- supplanter,
- supporting actor,
- supporting instrumentalist,
- surrogate,
- symbol,
- synecdoche,
- third string,
- tipstaff,
- tipstaves,
- token,
- trooper,
- understudy,
- utility player,
- vicar,
- vice-president,
- vice-regent