Meaning of surrogate in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈsərəɡət/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    surrogate

    Definitions

    1. providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties

    Examples

    • « foster parent »
    • « foster child »
    • « foster home »
    • « surrogate father »

    Synonyms

  2. Noun

    surrogate

    Etymology

    early 17th century: from Latin surrogatus, past participle of surrogare‘elect as a substitute’, from super-‘over’ + rogare‘ask’

    Definitions

    1. someone who takes the place of another person

    Derived terms

  3. 2. a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others

    Derived terms

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  • « For my own family, I would always choose the makeshift, surrogate family formed by various characters unrelated by blood. »
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  • « But when I would see the surrogate, my first instinct, my first reaction would be jealousy, because she was doing what I wanted to do. »
    Cheryl Tiegs
  • « The Vatican is against surrogate mothers. Good thing they didn't have that rule when Jesus was born. »
    Elayne Boosler
  • « But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism. »
    Thomas E. Mann

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