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Surrogate

Surrogate Meaning & Definition
Surrogate Definition And Meaning

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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