Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that takes the place of another; a substitute.
- noun A person or animal that functions as a substitute for another, as in a social or family role.
- noun A surrogate mother.
- noun In Freudian psychology, a figure of authority who takes the place of the father or mother in a person's unconscious or emotional life.
- noun Law A judge in New York and some other states having jurisdiction over the probate of wills and the settlement of estates.
- adjective Substitute.
- transitive verb To put in the place of another, especially as a successor; replace.
- transitive verb To appoint (another) as a replacement for oneself.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In a general sense, a substitute; a person appointed or deputed to act for another, particularly the deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor.
- noun In the State of New York, a judge having jurisdiction over the probate of wills and the administration of estates.
- noun Something that is substituted for another thing; something employed to serve the purpose or perform the functions of another.
- noun Specifically, a substance used in industrial chemistry instead of some other of more or less similar properties and usually of greater value. Thus the product of the action of sulphur on colza-oil is sometimes used as a ‘rubber surrogate’ to mix with genuine vulcanized india-rubber.
- To put in the place of another; substitute.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb rare To put in the place of another; to substitute.
- noun A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.
- noun engraving The deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor, especially a deputy who grants marriage licenses.
- noun In some States of the United States, an officer who presides over the probate of wills and testaments and yield the settlement of estates.
- noun a
surrogate mother .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
substitute (usually of a person, position or role). - noun A person or animal that acts as a
substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as asurrogate mother . - noun chiefly UK A
deputy for abishop in granting licences for marriage. - noun US law : A
judicial officer of limitedjurisdiction , who administers matters ofprobate andintestate succession and, in some cases,adoptions . - noun A surrogate or surrogate key is a unique identifier for either an entity in the modeled world or an object in the database.
- noun computing Any of a range of
Unicode codepoints which are used inpairs inUTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane. - adjective Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a
substitute . - verb transitive To
replace orsubstitute something with something else; appoint asuccessor .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who takes the place of another person
- noun a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
- adjective providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Surely, inflation will continue in this future, and a surrogate is an infinitely more complex piece of technology than is, say, an iPod, iPhone, or the best available laptop.
A new day, a new digest, a new blog title. greygirlbeast 2009
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Her husband, Peter, has decided that he'd like to have a baby, and the family's first choice for a surrogate is none other than Cannie's flamboyant kid sister.
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Waldby says it costs the western couples around $15,000 or $20,000 for an Indian surrogate, whereas they would pay around $100,000 for a surrogate from the US.
VDARE.com: Blog Articles » Print » Outsourcing Baby Making 2010
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Waldby says it costs the western couples around $15,000 or $20,000 for an Indian surrogate, whereas they would pay around $100,000 for a surrogate from the US.
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Frank Keating, the former governor of Oklahoma and a McCain surrogate went on television this week and played the race card, saying Obama should own up to the fact that he was once a "guy of the street" who used cocaine.
2008 Election 2009
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After Greer's surrogate is destroyed and he gets his first taste of real life in years, he realizes just how detached people are from the world around them, most notably his wife.
Getting Graphic: "The Surrogates" by Robert Vendetti & Brett Weldele 2010
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Any evidence on health benefits is limited to improvements in surrogate measures and risk factors or to “soft” outcomes like quality of life.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Is Weight-Loss Advice Unethical? 2009
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In fact, given the way her surrogate is hijacked, one of them spends significant time in the film being literally controlled by men.
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A surrogate is a remotely controlled android, that's the personification of vanity, and acts as both a reflection of the user's ego and aspirations.
Getting Graphic: "The Surrogates" by Robert Vendetti & Brett Weldele 2010
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Although she touts her work as a McCain surrogate during his presidential run, she was sidelined by his advisors after repeated gaffes that presaged ones she has made in this campaign.
qroqqa commented on the word surrogate
New political sense of the word used in this Doonesbury with attendant helpful commentary.
December 1, 2008
dailyword commented on the word surrogate
There was a Bruce Willis movie named this.
July 12, 2012