<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a person appointed to act for another; deputy.</li><li>(in some states) a judicial officer having jurisdiction over the probate of wills, the administration of estates, etc.</li><li>the deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, especially of a bishop or a bishop's chancellor.</li><li>a substitute.</li><li>a surrogate mother.</li><li>Politics: someone who acts on behalf of a politician or political candidate by making public appearances, issuing statements, etc., when that person is engaged elsewhere or when that person’s image would be bolstered by certain affiliations.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>regarded or acting as a surrogate: a surrogate father.</li><li>involving or indicating the use of a surrogate mother to conceive or carry an embryo: surrogate parenting.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to put into the place of another as a successor, substitute, or deputy; substitute for another.</li><li>to subrogate.</li></ul>