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THESAURUS
ROGET THESAURUS
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun surrogate has 2 senses
- surrogate(n = noun.person) alternate, replacement - someone who takes the place of another person; is a kind of backup, backup man, fill-in, relief, reliever, stand-in, substitute
- surrogate(n = noun.person) deputy - a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others; is a kind of agent
has particulars: vicegerent
Adjective surrogate has 1 sense
- surrogate(s = adj.all) foster - providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties; "foster parent"; "foster child"; "foster home"; "surrogate father"
CIDE DICTIONARY
surrogate, 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.].
- A deputy; a delegate; a substitute. [1913 Webster]
- The deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor, especially a deputy who grants marriage licenses. [1913 Webster]
- In some States of the United States, an officer who presides over the probate of wills and testaments and yield the settlement of estates. [1913 Webster]
- a surrogate mother. [PJC]
surrogate, v. t.
To put in the place of another; to substitute. Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
surrogate, n.
1 a substitute, esp. for a person in a specific role or office.
2 Brit. a deputy, esp. of a bishop in granting marriage licences.
3 US a judge in charge of probate, inheritance, and guardianship.
1 a substitute, esp. for a person in a specific role or office.
2 Brit. a deputy, esp. of a bishop in granting marriage licences.
3 US a judge in charge of probate, inheritance, and guardianship.
Idiom
surrogate mother
1 a person acting the role of mother.
2 a woman who bears a child on behalf of another woman, from her own egg fertilized by the other woman's partner.
1 a person acting the role of mother.
2 a woman who bears a child on behalf of another woman, from her own egg fertilized by the other woman's partner.
Derivative
surrogacy n. surrogateship n.
Etymology
L surrogatus past part. of surrogare elect as a substitute (as SUR-(1), rogare ask)