surrogate.
A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
Meaning & usage
A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
A mixture of horseradish and mustard often serves as a surrogate for wasabi.
A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate parent.
A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.
A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate.
A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and intestate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.
Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
An ersatz good.
Ellipsis of surrogate key.
Where this word comes from
From Latin surrogātus, perfect passive participle of surrogō (“to choose someone as a substitute”); a variant of subrogō, from sub (“under”) + rogō (“ask”).
Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute.
Where this word comes from
From Latin surrogātus, perfect passive participle of surrogō (“to choose someone as a substitute”); a variant of subrogō, from sub (“under”) + rogō (“ask”).
To replace or substitute something with something else; to appoint a successor.
Where this word comes from
From Latin surrogātus, perfect passive participle of surrogō (“to choose someone as a substitute”); a variant of subrogō, from sub (“under”) + rogō (“ask”).
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