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   Sur·ro·gate

   /ˈsərəɡət/

   

   noun

   • 1. a substitute, especially a person deputizing for another in a specific role or office: "she served as a surrogate for the President on a trip to South America"
   • ▪ short for surrogate mother
   • ▪ (in the Christian Church) a bishop's deputy who grants marriage licenses.
   • ▪ a judge in charge of probate, inheritance, and guardianship.

   adjective

   • 1. relating to the birth of a child or children by means of surrogacy: "paperwork that will allow them to move forward with the surrogate process"
   • ▪ denoting a child to whom a woman gives birth as a surrogate mother: "she has given birth to three surrogate babies"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin surrogatus, past participle of surrogare ‘elect as a substitute’, from super- ‘over’ + rogare ‘ask’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. surrogateship noun

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