(formal) used to describe a person or thing that takes the place of, or is used instead of, sb/sth else:
She saw him as a sort of surrogate father.
surrogate noun
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is surrogate a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, surrogate is tagged as adjective.
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