Surrogate

[Sur·ro*gate]

To put in the place of another; to substitute.

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A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.

Noun
a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others

Noun
someone who takes the place of another person

Adjective S.
providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties; "foster parent"; "foster child"; "foster home"; "surrogate father"


n.
A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.

n.
The deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor, especially a deputy who grants marriage licenses.

n.
In some States of the United States, an officer who presides over the probate of wills and testaments and yield the settlement of estates.

v. t.
To put in the place of another; to substitute.


Surrogate

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.

Surrogate

Sur"ro*gate , v. t. To put in the place of another; to substitute. [R.] Dr. H. More.

A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.

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Usage Examples

For my own family, I would always choose the makeshift, surrogate family formed by various characters unrelated by blood.

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Other Usage Examples

The Vatican is against surrogate mothers. Good thing they didn't have that rule when Jesus was born.

But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism.

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