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Adjective: surrogate  sur-u-gut or sú-ru-gut [N. Amer], sú-ru-gut [Brit]
  1. Providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties
    "surrogate father";
    - foster
Noun: surrogate  sur-u-gut or sú-ru-gut [N. Amer], sú-ru-gut [Brit]
  1. Someone who takes the place of another person
    - alternate, replacement
     
  2. A person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
    - deputy

Derived forms: surrogates

See also: adoptive

Type of: agent, backup, backup man, fill-in, relief, reliever, stand-in, substitute

Encyclopedia: Surrogate