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surrogate parent

surrogate parent noun: a person who takes care of a child in a parental capacity when the parents are unavailable.

Noun

surrogate parent (plural surrogate parents)

  1. A person who takes care of a child in a parental capacity when the parents are unavailable.

Forms of surrogate parent

pluralsurrogate parents

Questions about surrogate parent

What does surrogate parent mean?
Surrogate parent means a person who takes care of a child in a parental capacity when the parents are unavailable.
What part of speech is surrogate parent?
Surrogate parent is a noun.
What is the plural of surrogate parent?
The plural of surrogate parent is surrogate parents.

Words near surrogate parent in the dictionary

  1. surrogate keys
  2. surrogate mother
  3. surrogate mothers
  4. surrogate pair
  5. surrogate pairs
  6. surrogate parent
  7. surrogate parents
  8. surrogate proxies
  9. surrogate proxy
  10. surrogated
  11. surrogately

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