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surrogate

noun
/ˈsʌɹəɡɪt/UK/ˈsɝəɡɪt/CA/ˈsʌɹəɡeɪt/UK/ˈsɝəɡeɪt/CA

Etymology

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

  1. derived from surrogātus

Definitions

  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,…

    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. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate.

    2. A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and…

      A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and intestate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.

    3. Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent…

      Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.

    4. An ersatz good.

    5. Ellipsis of surrogate key.

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

    7. To replace or substitute something with something else

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

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Derived

audience surrogate, surrogate activity, surrogate advertising, surrogate court, surrogate father, surrogate key, surrogate mother, surrogate pair, surrogate parent, surrogate proxy, surrogateship, surrogative, surrogatively

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at surrogate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at surrogate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at surrogate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA