deputer

See also: députer

English

Etymology

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

• erupted, reputed

Latin

Verb

dēputer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dēputō