surrogate
n. துணைக்குரு, பெயராள்.
Sur"ro*gate, n. Etym: [L. surrogatus, p.p. of surrogare, subrogare, to put in another's place, to substitute; sub under + rogare to ask, ask for a vote, propose a law. See Rogation, and cf. Subrogate.] 1. A deputy; a delegate; a substitute. 2. The deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor, especially a deputy who grants marriage licenses. [Eng.] 3. In some States of the United States, an officer who presides over the probate of wills and testaments and yield the settlement of estates. Sur"ro*gate, v. t. Defn: To put in the place of another; to substitute. [R.] Dr. H. More.