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Definitions for Proxy

[1] the agency, function, or power of a person authorized to act as the deputy or substitute for another.
[2] the person so authorized; substitute; agent.
[3] a written authorization empowering another person to vote or act for the signer, as at a meeting of stockholders.
[4] an ally or confederate who can be relied upon to speak or act in one's behalf.
[5] a person authorized to act on behalf of someone else; agent to vote by proxy
[6] the authority, esp in the form of a document, given to a person to act on behalf of someone else
[7] computing short for proxy server

Words related to Proxy

intermediary, surrogate, stand-in, ambassador, attorney, emissary, deputy, alternate, envoy, broker, negotiator, delegate, lawyer, executor, backup, substitute, representative, assignee

Words nearby Proxy

proximity fuze, proximity talks, proximo, proximo-, proximoataxia, proxy, proxy fight, proxy marriage, proxy server, proxy statement, prozac

Origin of Proxy

1400–50; late Middle English prokesye, procusie, contraction of procuracy procuration. See procure, -acy

Word origin for Proxy

C15: prokesye, contraction of procuracy, from Latin prōcūrātiō procuration; see procure

Synonyms for Proxy

intermediary, stand-in, surrogate, alternate, ambassador, assignee, attorney, backup, broker, delegate, deputy, emissary, envoy, executor, lawyer, negotiator, representative, substitute, mediary