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Stellvertreter — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • deputy noun A person who is second-in-command and acts on behalf of a senior officeholder.
  • lieutenant noun A junior commissioned officer rank in the army, air force, or marines, ranking below captain.
  • proxy noun A person authorized to act or vote on behalf of someone else.
  • surrogate noun A person or thing that substitutes for another.

Senses

Stellvertreter is used for these senses in English:

  • lieutenant A person who manages or executes the plans and directives of another, more senior person; a manager to their director.
  • locum tenens A professional person (such as a doctor or clergyman) who temporarily fulfills the duties of another.
  • proxy An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.
  • proxy pattern (software, design) A structural design pattern that is implemented as a class functioning as an interface for a network connection, a large object in memory, a file, or some other resource that is expensive or impossible to duplicate.
  • surrogate A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).

deputy — full definition

  1. noun A person who is second-in-command and acts on behalf of a senior officeholder.
  2. noun A law enforcement officer who works under a county sheriff, especially in the US.
  3. noun A member of a legislative body in certain countries, such as France.

lieutenant — full definition

  1. noun A junior commissioned officer rank in the army, air force, or marines, ranking below captain.
  2. noun A trusted deputy who carries out the plans of a more senior leader.

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