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surrogate

/'sɜrə,ɡeɪt/

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adjective
providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties
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"surrogate father"

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foster adoptive
noun
a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
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deputy

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agent
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someone who takes the place of another person
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Definition that contains surrogate

parentless having no parent or parents or not cared for by parent surrogates
parented having a parent or parents or cared for by parent surrogates
reproductive cloning making a full living copy of an organism; requires a surrogate mother
unparented having no parent or parents or not cared for by parent surrogates