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Vinony

surrogate

noun

  1. job
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adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈsʌɹəɡɪt/ / /ˈsɝəɡɪt/ / /ˈsʌɹəɡeɪt/ / /ˈsɝəɡeɪt/

adj

Etymology: From Latin surrogātus, perfect passive participle of surrogō (“ask”); a variant of subrogō, from sub (“under”) + rogō (“ask”).

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

noun

Etymology: From Latin surrogātus, perfect passive participle of surrogō (“ask”); a variant of subrogō, from sub (“under”) + rogō (“ask”).

  1. A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).

    “A mixture of horseradish and mustard often serves as a surrogate for wasabi.”

  2. A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate parent.
  3. A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.
  4. A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate.
  5. A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and intestate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.
  6. Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
  7. An ersatz good.
  8. Ellipsis of surrogate key.

verb

Etymology: From Latin surrogātus, perfect passive participle of surrogō (“ask”); a variant of subrogō, from sub (“under”) + rogō (“ask”).

  1. To replace or substitute something with something else; to appoint a successor.