Meaning
7 sensesA substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
A mixture of horseradish and mustard often serves as a surrogate for wasabi.
Ersatz-, Stellvertreter, Stellvertreterin
суррога́тsurrogát
A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate parent.
Ersatz, Substitut
замести́тельzamestítelʹ, замести́тельницаzamestítelʹnica
(UK)A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.
(US)A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate.
(US)A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and intestate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.
Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
An ersatz good.
- someone who takes the place of another person
- a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
Examples
4 sentencesThe woman was the child's surrogate mother.
Жінка була сурогатною матір'ю дитини.
The new home works as a surrogate home.
Tom was offered a surrogate home, but he refused it.
Tom became a surrogate parent.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Latin surrogātus, perfect passive participle of surrogō (“to choose someone as a subsFrom Latin surrogātus, perfect passive participle of surrogō (“to choose someone as a substitute”); a variant of subrogō, from sub (“under”) + rogō (“ask”).
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Forms
plural: surrogates| Singular | surrogate |
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regular
Synonyms
9 synonyms- someone who takes the place of another person:alternatereplacement
- a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others:deputy