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surrogates

surrogates is the plural of surrogate.

Meaning of surrogate

Noun

surrogate (plural surrogates)

  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, such as a surrogate parent.
  3. (UK) A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.
  4. (US) A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate.
  5. (US) A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and intestate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.
  6. Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.

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Phrases with surrogates

Questions about surrogates

What is surrogates the plural of?
Surrogates is the plural of surrogate.

Words near surrogates in the dictionary

  1. surrogate parents
  2. surrogate proxies
  3. surrogate proxy
  4. surrogated
  5. surrogately
  6. surrogates
  7. surrogateship
  8. surrogateships
  9. surrogating
  10. surrogation
  11. surrogations

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