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surrogate::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | deputy |
| Type of | agent |
| Has types | vicegerent |
surrogate::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | alternate, replacement |
| Type of | fill-in, relief, reliever, stand-in, substitute, backup man, backup |
Examples of surrogate
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Freelancers are becoming entrepreneurs, setting up surrogate writing businesses.
From the forbes.com
He also acts as surrogate in chief when she's unable to attend important events.
From the theatlantic.com
Next month, through a surrogate, he will become the single parent of a baby boy.
From the nytimes.com
Desperate to become a mother, Kate decides her only hope is to hire a surrogate.
From the tennessean.com
She had their best interests at heart and acted like a surrogate mother to them.
From the newsday.com
A few months ago he appeared as a surrogate on a conference call with reporters.
From the washingtonpost.com
But under English law, the Ukrainian surrogate and her husband were the parents.
From the guardian.co.uk
The couple became parents to twins with the help of a surrogate in October 2010.
From the freep.com
To create a live clone, the resulting embryo is implanted in a surrogate mother.
From the newscientist.com
- Someone who takes the place of another person
- Foster: providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties; "foster parent"; "foster child"; "foster home"; "surrogate father"
- Deputy: a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
- Surrogate (from Lat. surrogare, to substitute for), a deputy of a bishop or an ecclesiastical judge, acting in the absence of his principal and strictly bound by the authority of the latter.
- The Surrogate is a 1995 television movie drama directed by Jan Egleson and Raymond Hartung and aired on ABC. The movie had a limited VHS release in the United Kingdom in April 1996. It has also been released on video in Asia.
- "The Surrogate" is an episode of The Outer Limits television show. It first aired during the seventh season.
- The Surrogates is a five-issue comic book limited series written by Robert Venditti, drawn by Brett Weldele, and published by Top Shelf Productions from 2005 to 2006. In 2009 it was followed by a prequel graphic novel, The Surrogates: Flesh and Bone.
- A substitute (usually of a person, position or role); A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate mother; A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage; : A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers ...
- A woman who is inseminated either directly or through IVF with the sperm of a man who is not her partner for purposes of conceiving and carrying a child to be reared by the biological father and his wife.
