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noun

Surrogate n.

A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.

The deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor, especially a deputy who grants marriage licenses. (Eng.)

In some States of the United States, an officer who presides over the probate of wills and testaments and yield the settlement of estates.

A surrogate mother.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Surrogate" Quotes from Famous Books

... so bad about that?" Fay broke in loudly. "What's wrong with taking the pressure off little guys? Why shouldn't Tickler be a super-ego surrogate? Micro's Motivations chief noticed that positive feature straight off and scored it three pluses. Besides, it's nothing but a gaudy way of saying that Tickler backstops the memory. Seriously, Gussy, what's so ...

— The Creature from Cleveland Depths • Fritz Reuter Leiber

... any person to whom it is committed, and the formal part at home is executed by the officer of the court. A certificate of the service is endorsed on the back of the instrument, sworn before the surrogate of the superior court, or before a notary public, if ...

— The Laws Of War, Affecting Commerce And Shipping • H. Byerley Thomson

... London (with a Codicil), 6th of July, 1824, before the Worshipful Stephen Lushington, Doctor of Laws, and surrogate, by the oaths of John Cam Hobhouse and John Hanson, Esquires, the executors, to whom administration was granted, having been first sworn duly ...

— Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 (of 6) - With his Letters and Journals • Thomas Moore

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