surrogate

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: sur=ro=gate

CIDE DICTIONARY

surrogate, n. [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.].

•  A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.  [1913 Webster]
•  The deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor, especially a deputy who grants marriage licenses.  [1913 Webster]
•  In some States of the United States, an officer who presides over the probate of wills and testaments and yield the settlement of estates.  [1913 Webster]
•  a surrogate mother.  [PJC]

surrogate, v. t. 

 To put in the place of another; to substitute.  Dr. H. More.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

surrogate, n.
1 a substitute, esp. for a person in a specific role or office.
2 Brit. a deputy, esp. of a bishop in granting marriage licences.
3 US a judge in charge of probate, inheritance, and guardianship.

Idiom

surrogate mother
1 a person acting the role of mother.
2 a woman who bears a child on behalf of another woman, from her own egg fertilized by the other woman's partner.

Derivative

surrogacy n. surrogateship n.

Etymology

L surrogatus past part. of surrogare elect as a substitute (as SUR-(1), rogare ask)

THESAURUS

surrogate

advocate, agent, alter ego, alternate, alternative, amicus curiae, analogy, attorney, backup, backup man, champion, change, changeling, comparison, copy, counterfeit, deputy, double, dummy, equal, equivalent, ersatz, exchange, executive officer, exponent, fake, father figure, father image, figurehead, fill-in, ghost, ghostwriter, imitation, lieutenant, locum, locum tenens, makeshift, metaphor, metonymy, mother figure, mother surrogate, next best thing, paranymph, personnel, phony, pinch hitter, pleader, procurator, proxy, relief, replacement, representative, reserves, ringer, second in command, second string, secondary, sign, spares, stand-in, sub, substituent, substitute, substitution, succedaneum, superseder, supplanter, symbol, synecdoche, third string, token, understudy, utility man, utility player, vicar, vicar general, vice, vice-president, vice-regent, vicegerent

ROGET THESAURUS

surrogate

Deputy

N deputy, substitute, vice, proxy, locum tenens, badli, delegate, representative, next friend, surrogate, secondary, regent, viceregent, vizier, minister, vicar, premier, chancellor, prefect, provost, warden, lieutenant, archon, consul, proconsul, viceroy, commissioner, Tsung-li Yamen, Wai Wu Pu, plenipotentiary, alter ego, team, eight, eleven, champion, acting, vice, vice regal, accredited to, in behalf of.