Found 2 items, similar to Surrogate.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: surrogate surrogate adj : providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties; “foster parent”; “foster child”; “foster home”; “surrogate father” [syn: foster] surrogate n 1: someone who takes the place of another person [syn: alternate, replacement] 2: a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others [syn: deputy]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Surrogate Surrogate \Sur"ro*gate\, v. t. To put in the place of another; to substitute. [R.] --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster] Surrogate \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. [1913 Webster] 2. The deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor, especially a deputy who grants marriage licenses. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 4. a surrogate mother. [PJC]