Definitions for: 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: adoptive, alternate, deputy, foster, replacement

See Also: agent, backup, backup man, fill-in, relief, reliever, stand-in, substitute, vicegerent

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