Definition of surrogate Surrogate

/sɚˈʌgʌt/ - [serugut] - sur•ro•gate

We found 17 definitions of surrogate from 6 different sources.

What does surrogate mean?

Noun Plural: surrogates
surrogate - someone who takes the place of another person
		alternate, replacement
		backup man, fill-in, stand-in, reliever, substitute, backup, relief someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult); "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins"
surrogate - a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
		deputy
		agent an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect; "their research uncovered new disease agents"

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surrogate (Noun)
A substitute usually of a person, position or role.
surrogate (Noun)
A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate mother .
surrogate (Noun)
A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.
surrogate (Noun)
A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and intestate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.
surrogate (Noun)
A surrogate or surrogate key is a unique identifier for either an entity in the modeled world or an object in the database.
surrogate (Noun)
Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
surrogate (Verb)
To replace or substitute something with something else; appoint a successor.
surrogate (Adjective)
Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute.

surrogate (n.)
A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.
surrogate (n.)
The deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor, especially a deputy who grants marriage licenses.
surrogate (n.)
In some States of the United States, an officer who presides over the probate of wills and testaments and yield the settlement of estates.
surrogate (v. t.)
To put in the place of another; to substitute.

surrogate
sur′rō-gāt, n. a substitute: the deputy of an ecclesiastical judge.—ns. Sur′rogāteship; Surrogā′tion, subrogation; Surrogā′tum, that which comes in place of something else. [L. surrogāre, ātum—sub, in the place of, rogāre, to ask.]