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surrogate
[ noun adjective sur-uh-geyt, -git, suhr-; verb sur-uh-geyt, suhr- ]
noun
- a person appointed to act for another; deputy.
- (in some states) a judicial officer having jurisdiction over the probate of wills, the administration of estates, etc.
- the deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, especially of a bishop or a bishop's chancellor.
- a substitute.
- Politics. someone who acts on behalf of a politician or political candidate by making public appearances, issuing statements, etc., when that person is engaged elsewhere or when that person’s image would be bolstered by certain affiliations:
His camp won the “prestige of science” battle by signing on high-profile physicists, chemists, and biologists as campaign surrogates.
adjective
- regarded or acting as a surrogate:
a surrogate father.
- involving or indicating the use of a surrogate mother to conceive or carry an embryo:
surrogate parenting.
verb (used with object)
- to put into the place of another as a successor, substitute, or deputy; substitute for another.
- to subrogate.
surrogate
noun
- a person or thing acting as a substitute
- a deputy, such as a clergyman appointed to deputize for a bishop in granting marriage licences
- psychiatry a person who is a substitute for someone else, esp in childhood when different persons, such as a brother or teacher, can act as substitutes for the parents
- (in some US states) a judge with jurisdiction over the probate of wills, etc
- modifier of, relating to, or acting as a surrogate
a surrogate pleasure
verb
- to put in another's position as a deputy, substitute, etc
- to appoint as a successor to oneself
Derived Forms
- ˌܰˈپDz, noun
- ˈܰDzٱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ܰ۴·ٱ· noun
- ܰr·tDz noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of surrogate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of surrogate1
Example Sentences
The process produced 45 embryos, which were implanted in dogs as surrogate mothers, ultimately producing the three pups.
That makes the action sequence showing Joel methodically gunning down armed men and women to retrieve his surrogate daughter thrilling and baleful because we are watching him write a check destined to come due.
He wanted to hire a fleet of surrogate mothers, so he could build a "legion" of children by keeping many women pregnant at once.
The core of “The Teacher” is Basem’s relationship with his pupil, a surrogate child he must protect.
They used domestic dogs as surrogate mothers to birth the three pups.
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