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noun

Surrogate n.

A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.

The deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor, especially a deputy who grants marriage licenses. (Eng.)

In some States of the United States, an officer who presides over the probate of wills and testaments and yield the settlement of estates.

A surrogate mother.

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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