Hyphenation of DEPUTY

Are you trying to hyphenate DEPUTY? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

DEPUTY

Definitions of DEPUTY:

1.	Someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies
2.	An assistant with power to act when his superior is absent
3.	A member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France)
4.	A person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others

Synonyms of DEPUTY:

noun	deputy sheriff, lawman, law officer, peace officer
noun	lieutenant, assistant, helper, help, supporter
noun	legislator
noun	surrogate, agent

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.