Deputy

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
DY
Pronunciation
/ˈdɛpjəti/
Category
Governmental
Related Field
Police

Examples in Context

  1. The president appealed to deputies to approve the plan quickly.
  2. Is this fair? Well, I put that question today to Deputy(DY) Counsel Craig Gillen
  3. I decided to put in for a job as deputy secretary.
  4. He was nominally Deputy(DY) Prime Minister, certainly, but his influence was clearly on the wane
  5. The Deputy(DY) Commander has condemned this weekend's protest as deliberate provocation.

Other meanings of DY