PROXY

proxy

(noun) a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting

proxy, placeholder, procurator

(noun) a person authorized to act for another

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Adjective

proxy (not comparable)

Used as a proxy or acting as a proxy.

Noun

proxy (plural proxies)

An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.

The authority to act for another, especially when written.

The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts.

(sciences) A measurement of one physical quantity that is used as an indicator of the value of another

(software) An interface for a service, especially for one that is remote, resource-intensive, or otherwise difficult to use directly.

Synonyms

• deputy

• substitute

• representative

• See also deputy

Hyponyms

((software An interface for a service)):

• caching proxy

• complexity-hiding proxy

• copy-on-write proxy

• dynamic proxy

• firewall proxy

• forward proxy

• network proxy

• protection proxy

• remote proxy

• reverse proxy

• smart-reference proxy

• surrogate proxy

• synchronisation proxy

• virtual proxy

• open proxy

• closed proxy

Verb

proxy (third-person singular simple present proxies, present participle proxying, simple past and past participle proxied)

To serve as a proxy for.

(networking) To function as a server for a client device, but pass on the requests to another server for service.

Etymology 2

proximity + -y.

Noun

proxy (plural proxies)

(video game slang) A proximity mine; a mine that explodes when something approaches within a certain distance.

Synonyms

• proxy mine

Source: Wiktionary

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Prox"y, n.; pl. Proxies. Etym: [Contr. from procuracy. Cf. Proctor.]

1. The agency for another who acts through the agent; authority to act for another, esp. to vote in a legislative or corporate capacity. I have no man's proxy: I speak only for myself. Burke.

2. The person who is substituted or deputed to act or vote for another. Every peer . . . may make another lord of parliament his proxy, to vote for him in his absence. Blackstone.

3. A writing by which one person authorizes another to vote in his stead, as in a corporation meeting.

4. (Eng. Law)

Definition: The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts. Burrill.

5. (Eccl.)

Definition: See Procuration. [Obs.]

Prox"y, v. i.

Definition: To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another. [R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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