surrogate

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Synonyms: subrogate, arrogate, surrogacy, surrogatum, surrogates, harrogate, surrogated

Antonyms: subrogate, arrogate, surrogacy, surrogatum, surrogates, harrogate, surrogated

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Noun

1. A [[substitute]] (usually of a person, position or role).
2. A person or animal that acts as a [[substitute]] for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a [[surrogate parent]].
3. {{lb|en|chiefly|British}} A [[deputy]] for a [[bishop]] in granting licences for marriage.
4. {{lb|en|US|politics}} A [[politician]] or person of influence [[campaign]]ing for a presidential [[candidate]].
5. {{lb|en|US|_|law}} A [[judicial]] [[officer]] of limited [[jurisdiction]], who administers matters of [[probate]] and [[intestate]] [[succession]] and, in some cases, [[adoptions]].
6. {{lb|en|computing}} Any of a range of [[Unicode]] [[codepoint]]s which are used in [[pair]]s in [[UTF-16]] to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
7. {{lb|en|economics}} An [[ersatz]] good.
8. {{lb|en|databases}} {{ellipsis of|en|surrogate key}}.

Adjective

1. Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a [[substitute]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[replace]] or [[substitute]] something with something else; to appoint a [[successor]].

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