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Surrogate   /sˈərəgət/  /sˈərəgˌeɪt/   Listen
Surrogate

adjective
1.
Providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties.  Synonym: foster.  "Foster child" , "Foster home" , "Surrogate father"



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"Surrogate" Quotes from Famous Books



... about that?" Fay broke in loudly. "What's wrong with taking the pressure off little guys? Why shouldn't Tickler be a super-ego surrogate? Micro's Motivations chief noticed that positive feature straight off and scored it three pluses. Besides, it's nothing but a gaudy way of saying that Tickler backstops the memory. Seriously, Gussy, ...
— The Creature from Cleveland Depths • Fritz Reuter Leiber

... class of butter adulteration which concerns itself with the substitution of other fatty matters for the whole or part of the really valuable portion of the butter- fat. Margarine is the legalized and therefore legitimate butter surrogate, prepared by churning any suitable fat with milk into a cream, solidifying the latter by injection into cold water and working the lumps together, precisely as is done in the case of the churned cream of milk. The substitution of margarine for ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia

... an appointment with the surrogate," answered Jenkins. "Oh!—I quite forgot to mention something to you, ...
— The Channings • Mrs. Henry Wood



Words linked to "Surrogate" :   agent, vicegerent, substitute, adoptive, backup man, stand-in, backup, fill-in, reliever, relief



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