One appointed as the substitute of others, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office

(informal, nonstandard) to deputise

present participle of deputy

plural of deputy

simple past tense and past participle of deputy

(computing) A computer program that is innocently fooled by some other party into misusing its authority.

plural of confused deputy

plural of deputyship

The position or role of deputy.