surrogate mother
noun
a person who acts in the place of another person's biological mother.
surrogate mothers
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pluralof surrogate mother.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They used domestic dogs as surrogate mothers to birth the three pups.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2025
The following year, 32 surrogate mothers charged with human trafficking in Cambodia were released on the condition they raised the children themselves.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2024
Schubarth and his co-conspirators illegally trafficked endangered wildlife to create cloned embryos that, given the success rate, obviously did not do very well inside their surrogate mothers.
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2024
Each is estranged from the only close family member still in her life; two become reluctant surrogate mothers to the women their troubled sons get pregnant.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
“It’s really that I can’t leave Otto, Mom. I know the surrogate mothers are great, but he’s bonded to me and it would kill him if I abandoned him.”
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
