Meaning of SURROGATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'suru`geyt
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | adoptive, alternate, deputy, foster, replacement |
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| | See Also: | | agent, backup, backup man, fill-in, relief, reliever, stand-in, substitute, vicegerent | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
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