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Definition of Deputies
1. deputy [n] - See also: deputy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deputies
Literary usage of Deputies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, George Walter Prothero, Sir Adolphus William Ward (1909)
"Dupont de 1'Eure was chosen President on the spot; and the deputies who were
exponents of the rights of the people declared the final deposition of the ..."
2. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1831)
"CHAP. VIII. FRANCE (continued).— The deputies in Paris name a Committee of
Government—The National Guard is organized—The King ..."
3. Winthrop's Journal, "History of New England," 1630-1649 by John Winthrop, James Kendall Hosmer (1908)
"Those of Essex had procured at the court before, that the deputies of the ...
And for this end they had made so strong a party among the deputies of the ..."
4. The Constitution of the United States of America: With an Alphabetical by William Hickey, United States (1854)
"Acts of the several States for the appointment of deputies to meet in Convention,
... AN ACT for appointing deputies from this Commonwealth to a Convention ..."
5. The History of Political Parties in the Province of New York, 1760-1776 by Carl Lotus Becker (1908)
"deputies Next day the entire state militia was called out under orders to go ...
He was to place his force between the miners and deputies, and prevent a ..."
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