proxy
proxy Lexical Profile
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• noun
A person authorized to act or vote as a substitute for another, or the legal authority and written document granting someone the power to do so.
"Because she could not attend the annual shareholders' meeting in person, she appointed her attorney as her proxy."
A measurable variable or indirect indicator used to represent or approximate an unobservable or difficult-to-measure value in research and statistics.
"Paleoclimatologists analyze tree rings and ice cores as proxies for ancient atmospheric temperatures."
A server or software system that acts as an intermediary for requests from clients seeking resources from other servers on a computer network.
"The company routes all outgoing internet traffic through a secure proxy to protect internal user data."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Entered Late Middle English as a contraction of 'procuracy', from Anglo-Norman 'procuracie' and Medieval Latin 'procuratia' (meaning 'administration' or 'management'), ultimately derived from Latin 'procurare' ('to take care of' or 'to manage').