Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

surrogate father

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: sur-ro-gate -fa-ther
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A man who takes care of a child when one or more of the parents are unavailable (see also surrogate parent, foster parents).

noun

A man who acts as a father figure to a child usually when a father is not in the picture.

Inflected Forms

surrogate fathers (plural)

Questions

What does surrogate father mean?: A man who takes care of a child when one or more of the parents are unavailable (see also surrogate parent, foster parents).

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