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Surrogate
//ˈsʌɹəɡɪt// adj, noun, verb
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute.
Adjective
- 1 providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties wordnet
Noun
- 1 A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
"A mixture of horseradish and mustard often serves as a surrogate for wasabi."
- 2 a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others wordnet
- 3 A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate parent.
- 4 someone who takes the place of another person wordnet
- 5 A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage. British
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- 6 A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate. US
- 7 A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and intestate succession and, in some cases, adoptions. US
- 8 Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
- 9 An ersatz good.
- 10 Ellipsis of surrogate key. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Verb
- 1 To replace or substitute something with something else; to appoint a successor. transitive
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Latin surrogātus, perfect passive participle of surrogō (“ask”); a variant of subrogō, from sub (“under”) + rogō (“ask”).
Etymology 2
From Latin surrogātus, perfect passive participle of surrogō (“ask”); a variant of subrogō, from sub (“under”) + rogō (“ask”).
Etymology 3
From Latin surrogātus, perfect passive participle of surrogō (“ask”); a variant of subrogō, from sub (“under”) + rogō (“ask”).
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