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Webster 1913 Edition

Surrogate

Sur′ro-gate

,
Noun.
[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

,
Verb.
T.
To put in the place of another; to substitute.
[R.]
Dr. H. More.

Webster 1828 Edition

Surrogate

SUR'ROGATE

,
Noun.
[L. surrogatus, surrogo, subrogo; sub and rogo, to propose. Rogo, to ask or propose, signifies primarily to reach, put or thrust forward; and subrogo is to put or set in the place of another.] In a general sense, a deputy; a delegate; a substitute; particularly, the deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor. In some of the United States,the judge of probate, of wills and testaments.

SUR'ROGATE

,
Verb.
T.
To put in the place of another. [Little used.]

Definition 2024

surrogate

surrogate

English

Noun

surrogate ‎(plural surrogates)

  1. A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
  2. A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate mother.
  3. (chiefly Britain) A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.
  4. (US law): A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and intestate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.
  5. A surrogate or surrogate key is a unique identifier for either an entity in the modeled world or an object in the database.
  6. (computing) Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:substitute

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

surrogate ‎(comparative more surrogate, superlative most surrogate)

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

Translations

Verb

surrogate ‎(third-person singular simple present surrogates, present participle surrogating, simple past and past participle surrogated)

  1. (transitive) To replace or substitute something with something else; appoint a successor.

Synonyms

Translations

See also

Italian

Adjective

surrogate f

  1. feminine plural of surrogato

Latin

Verb

surrogāte

  1. first-person plural present active imperative of surrogō

Etymology

From Latin surrogatus, perfect passive participle of surrogare ‎(“ask”); a variant of subrogare, from sub ‎(“under”) + rogare ‎(“ask”).

Pronunciation

  • (adjective and noun): IPA(key): /ˈsʌɹəɡɨt/
  • (verb): IPA(key): /ˈsʌɹəɡeɪt/

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