proxy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person authorized to act for another
    placeholder; procurator.
  2. noun a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting

WordNet


Prox"y noun
Etymology
Contr. from procuracy. Cf. Proctor.
Wordforms
plural Proxies
Definitions
  1. The agency for another who acts through the agent; authority to act for another, esp. to vote in a legislative or corporate capacity.
    I have no man's proxy: I speak only for myself. Burke.
  2. The person who is substituted or deputed to act or vote for another.
    Every peer . . . may make another lord of parliament his proxy, to vote for him in his absence. Blackstone.
  3. A writing by which one person authorizes another to vote in his stead, as in a corporation meeting.
  4. (Eng. Law) The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts. Burrill.
  5. (Eccl.) See Procuration. Obs.
Prox"y intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another. R.

Webster 1913