"surrogate parent" meaning in English

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      "form": "surrogate parents",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Family",
          "orig": "en:Family",
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            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "name": "People",
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      "glosses": [
        "A person who takes care of a child when the normal parents are unavailable."
      ],
      "id": "en-surrogate_parent-en-noun-D1HmLK-s",
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "surrogate mother"
        },
        {
          "word": "foster parent"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dàilǐ fùmǔ",
          "sense": "person",
          "word": "代理父母"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "person",
          "word": "sijaisvanhempi"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "surrogate parent"
}

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    {
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "surrogate parent (plural surrogate parents)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "surrogate mother"
    },
    {
      "word": "foster parent"
    }
  ],
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        "en:People"
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      "glosses": [
        "A person who takes care of a child when the normal parents are unavailable."
      ]
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàilǐ fùmǔ",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "代理父母"
    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "sijaisvanhempi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "surrogate parent"
}