proxy

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments (2)  · 
“
I don't think that our use of Ethiopia as a proxy was a failure.

View all »
Definitions (14)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary (3)

  1. noun A person authorized to act for another; an agent or substitute.
  2. noun The authority to act for another.
  3. noun The written authorization to act in place of another.

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (7)

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (2)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet (2)

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples (14)

  • I don't think that our use of Ethiopia as a proxy was a failure. —  The Jawa Report
  • We provide quality hosting accounts with premium bandwidth to ensure that your proxy is always up and running at top speeds. —  Digital Point Forums
  • If you enter the website you shall be able to find out more about what a proxy is and how they work. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Apart from being intellectually stimulating, the proxy is aesthetically pleasing, lending each page to an artistic and thought filled layout while investing half of the magazine to showcase the visual art of the student contributors. —  The Bwog
  • If you designate someone as your proxy in a written document, that document also is called a proxy or a proxy card. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
More examples »
 

Tags

proxy hasn't been tagged yet.

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 112 times.

stop updating
On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Etymologies (3)

Toggle American Heritage etymologies American Heritage Dictionary (1)

  1. Middle English proccy, contraction of earlier procracie, annual payment to a prelate, from Anglo-Norman procuracie, from Medieval Latin prōcūrātia, alteration of Latin prōcūrātiō, from prōcūrātus, past participle of prōcūrāre, to take care of; see procure.

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (2)

  1. Early modern English prockesy, from Middle English prokecye (as if *proc'acy), contr. of procuracy: see procuracy. Cf. proctor, similarly contracted from procurator.
  2. from proxy, n.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »
/ˈprɑksi/
by American Heritage

Charts
frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word about twice a week.

Recently looked up

Applicable · anger · obfuscate · Sasquatch · self-deprecation

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

Glockenspiel · Ersatz · Blaukraut bleibt Blaukraut und Brautkleid bleibt Brautkleid · Haifischschwanzflossenfleischsuppe · Der Kottbusser Postkutscher putzt den Kottbusser Postkutschkasten