deputy

(noun)

someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies

All clip examples

• Police, sheriffs' deputies, and emergency ambulances are literally deluged with calls for help (Night of the Living Dead)
• When he and Wyatt Earp were deputies over in Tombstone. (Angel and the Badman)
• While he was acting as Wyatt Earp's deputy over in Tombstone (Angel and the Badman)
• What about? I'm the deputy. (One-Eyed Jacks)
• - Yes? - I have the county jail for you, Mr. O'Neil. Deputy Elizabeth Baker is on. (The Strange Love of Martha Ivers)
• The place was crawling all over with deputies. (One-Eyed Jacks)