Definition of Surrogate mother

1. Noun. A woman who bears a child for a couple where the wife is unable to do so. "A surrogate mother is artificially inseminated with the father's semen and carries the fetus to term"

Generic synonyms: Female Parent, Mother

Definition of Surrogate mother

1. Noun. A woman who gives birth to a child not her own, with the intent to give that child up to at least one of the biological parents once it is born. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Surrogate Mother

surreption
surreptions
surreptitious
surreptitiously
surreptitiousness
surreys
surrogacies
surrogacy
surrogata
surrogate
surrogate father
surrogate fathers
surrogate key
surrogate keys
surrogate mother (current term)
surrogate mothers
surrogate parent
surrogate parents
surrogated
surrogates
surrogateship
surrogateships
surrogating
surrogation
surrogatum
surround
surround-sound
surround sound
surround sounds

Literary usage of Surrogate mother

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Moon-o-theism: Religion of a War and Moon God Prophet, Volume I of IIby Yoel Natan by Yoel Natan (2006)
"The surrogate mother idea was partly based on the practice of the pagan indigenous culture and partly on the promise that Abraham would have an heir from ..."

2. Return to the Fountainhead of the Faith: Explore World Ideologies, Church by Shelley Wood Gauld (2007)
"30:9-11) Leah used her maid as a surrogate mother for the second time. When Zilpah gave birth to yet another son, she simply named him Asher; a Hebrew word ..."

3. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"The typical surrogate mother was 25 years old with a high school education and married with one child 2 years old. Twenty-nine percent of the sample ..."

4. In a Family Way by Rochelle Hollander Schwab (1995)
"mem involved a surrogate mother; ours, shall we say, a surrogate father. Nevertheless, the principles remain the same. The plaintiff in Baby M, ..."

5. Moon-o-theism: Religion of a War and Moon God Prophet, Volume I of IIby Yoel Natan by Yoel Natan (2006)
"The surrogate mother idea was partly based on the practice of the pagan indigenous culture and partly on the promise that Abraham would have an heir from ..."

6. Return to the Fountainhead of the Faith: Explore World Ideologies, Church by Shelley Wood Gauld (2007)
"30:9-11) Leah used her maid as a surrogate mother for the second time. When Zilpah gave birth to yet another son, she simply named him Asher; a Hebrew word ..."

7. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"The typical surrogate mother was 25 years old with a high school education and married with one child 2 years old. Twenty-nine percent of the sample ..."

8. In a Family Way by Rochelle Hollander Schwab (1995)
"mem involved a surrogate mother; ours, shall we say, a surrogate father. Nevertheless, the principles remain the same. The plaintiff in Baby M, ..."

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