surrogate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who takes the place of another person
    replacement; alternate.
  2. noun a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
    deputy.
  3. adjective satellite providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties
    foster.
    • foster parent
    • foster child
    • foster home
    • surrogate father

WordNet

Sur"ro*gate noun
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  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.
Sur"ro*gate transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To put in the place of another; to substitute. R. Dr. H. More.

Webster 1913