About The Word Surrogate
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Surrogate
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What's The Definition Of Surrogate?
[n] a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
[n] someone who takes the place of another person [adj] providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties; "foster parent"; "foster child"; "foster home"; "surrogate father" Synonyms | Synonyms for Surrogate: adoptive | alternate | deputy | foster | replacement Related Terms | Find terms related to Surrogate: See Also | agent | backup | backup man | fill-in | relief | reliever | stand-in | substitute | vicegerent Surrogate In Webster's Dictionary \Sur"ro*gate\, n. [L. surrogatus, p. p. of surrogare,
subrogare, to put in another's place, to substitute; sub
under + rogare to ask, ask for a vote, propose a law. See
{Rogation}, and cf. {Subrogate}.]
1. A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.
2. The deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a
bishop or his chancellor, especially a deputy who grants
marriage licenses. [Eng.]
3. In some States of the United States, an officer who
presides over the probate of wills and testaments and
yield the settlement of estates.
\Sur"ro*gate\, v. t. To put in the place of another; to substitute. [R.] --Dr. H. More. |
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