proxies

Noun

proxy (plural proxies)

1. An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.
   • Every peer […] may make another lord of parliament his proxy, to vote for him in his absence.1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC
2. The authority to act for another, especially when written.
   • I have no man's proxy: I speak only for myself.1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC
3. The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts.
4. A measurement of one physical quantity that is used as an indicator of the value of another.
5. An interface for a service, especially for one that is remote, resource-intensive, or otherwise difficult to use directly.
6. A card used to substitute for another card, when the latter is not available.

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