Definition of "surrogate" in English

noun

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. (chiefly British) A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.

4. (US, politics) A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate.

5. (US law) A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and intestate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.

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.

7. (economics) An ersatz good.

8. (databases) Ellipsis of surrogate key.

adjective

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

verb

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