(a loanword from Spanish)
representative; a person named to represent a body, often a cofradia (lay brotherhood)
deputy, one to whom a special task is delegated; in Tlaxcala, a member of the municipal government, often an alcalde, delegated to supervise the marketplace.
(a loanword from Spanish)
quintemozq Omentin tipotantosme no omentin mayordomosme auh no çe onyez amatlacuillo = they will search for two diputados; also two mayordormos. Here will also be a notary.
tifotado = diputado (San Bartolomé Tlatelolco, Toluca Valley, 1737)
yntla aca pochtecatl nican quicovaz niman quimilhuiz yn deputado (Tlaxcala, 1547)
tepotantosme, teputantosme = diputados, literally deputies, or, in this case, officers of a cofradía
Luys de San Miguel dibotato = Luis de San Mig[u]el, diputado (Toluca, 1621)