"surrogate parent" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: surrogate parents [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} surrogate parent (plural surrogate parents)
  1. A person who takes care of a child when the normal parents are unavailable. Categories (topical): Family, People Related terms: surrogate mother, foster parent Translations (person): 代理父母 (dàilǐ fùmǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), sijaisvanhempi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-surrogate_parent-en-noun-D1HmLK-s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for surrogate parent meaning in English (1.3kB)

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