surrogate
nounadjectiveverbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈsʌɹəɡɪt//
- United Kingdom//ˈsʌɹəɡeɪt//
- Canada//ˈsɝəɡɪt//
- Canada//ˈsɝəɡeɪt//
A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
noun
- 1
A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
A mixture of horseradish and mustard often serves as a surrogate for wasabi.
- 2
A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate parent.
- 3
A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.
- 4
A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate.
- 5
A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and intestate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.
- 6
Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
- 7
An ersatz good.
- 8
Variant of surrogate keyEllipsis of surrogate key.
Etymology
From Latin surrogātus, perfect passive participle of surrogō (“ask”); a variant of subrogō, from sub (“under”) + rogō (“ask”).
adjective
- 1
Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute.
verb
- 1
To replace or substitute something with something else; to appoint a successor.
Forms
- plural
- surrogates
- comparative
- more surrogate
- superlative
- most surrogate
- past tense
- surrogated
- past participle
- surrogated
- present participle
- surrogating
- third person singular
- surrogates
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