Deputy and Liaison

Deputy

Deputy noun - A person who acts or does business for another.

Usage example: the club president sent a deputy to the conference to vote on our behalf

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Liaison and deputy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Liaison" instead a noun "Deputy".

Liaison noun - The fact or state of having something in common.

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Deputy and liaison are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deputy" instead a noun "Liaison".

fellow	fellow deputy	fellow liaison
female	female deputy	female liaison
current	current deputy	current liaison
awkward	awkward deputy	awkward liaison
Other adjectives: main, secret, new, permanent, political, former, imperial.

The West Wing: An episode opens on a newspaper story about how Josh, the president's deputy chief of staff and main liaison to Congress, is effectively his "101st senator".

Source: Foreshadowing / Live-Action TV
In Trevanian's Shibumi, one of the Mother Company's more senior officers is the Deputy International Liaison Duty Officer, "typically referred to by his acronym" — though the book itself goes out of its way to never actually refer to him as such.

Source: Fun With Acronyms / Literature

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