Found 2 items, similar to Proxy.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: proxy proxy n 1: a person authorized to act for another [syn: placeholder, procurator] 2: a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting
English → English (gcide) Definition: Proxy Proxy \Prox"y\, n.; pl. Proxies. [Contr. from procuracy. Cf. Proctor.] 1. The agency for another who acts through the agent; authority to act for another, esp. to vote in a legislative or corporate capacity. [1913 Webster] I have no man's proxy: I speak only for myself. --Burke. [1913 Webster] 2. The person who is substituted or deputed to act or vote for another. [1913 Webster] Every peer . . . may make another lord of parliament his proxy, to vote for him in his absence. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster] 3. A writing by which one person authorizes another to vote in his stead, as in a corporation meeting. [1913 Webster] 4. (Eng. Law) The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts. --Burrill. [1913 Webster] 5. (Eccl.) See Procuration. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Proxy \Prox"y\, v. i. To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another. [R.] [1913 Webster]