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English Dictionary: surrogate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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" Synonym(s): foster, surrogate n someone who takes the place of another person [syn: surrogate, alternate, replacement] a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others Synonym(s): deputy, surrogate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 2. The deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor, especially a deputy who grants marriage licenses. [Eng.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Surrogate \Sur"ro*gate\, v. t. To put in the place of another; to substitute. [R.] --Dr. H. More.