surrogate
/ˈsɝəɡɪt/ noun C1- A substitute (usually of a person, position or role). · A mixture of horseradish and mustard often serves as a surrogate for wasabi.
- A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate parent.
- A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate.
- A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and intestate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.
- Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
- An ersatz good.
Plural surrogates
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