foster, surrogate
(adjective) providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties; “foster parent”; “foster child”; “foster home”; “surrogate father”
deputy, surrogate
(noun) a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
surrogate, alternate, replacement
(noun) someone who takes the place of another person
Source: WordNet® 3.1
surrogate (plural surrogates)
A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
Synonym: Thesaurus:substitute
A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate mother.
(chiefly, British) A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.
(US, politics) A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate.
(US law) A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and interstate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.
(computing) Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
(economics) An ersatz good.
(databases) Ellipsis of surrogate key.
surrogate (comparative more surrogate, superlative most surrogate)
Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute.
surrogate (third-person singular simple present surrogates, present participle surrogating, simple past and past participle surrogated)
(transitive) To replace or substitute something with something else; appoint a successor.
Synonyms: deputize, foster, replace, subrogate, substitute
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Source: Wiktionary
Sur"ro*gate, n. Etym: [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.]
1. A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.
2. The deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor, especially a deputy who grants marriage licenses. [Eng.]
3. In some States of the United States, an officer who presides over the probate of wills and testaments and yield the settlement of estates.
Sur"ro*gate, v. t.
Definition: To put in the place of another; to substitute. [R.] Dr. H. More.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
