Definitions for proxy

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proxy prox·y

Spelling: [prok-see]

IPA: /ˈprɒk si/

Proxy is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 39 anagrams from letters in proxy (oprxy).

Definitions for proxy

noun

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.

Origin of proxy

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

Examples for proxy

People who intentionally hurt children for attention can be accused of Munchausen Syndrome by proxy.

The blessing was pronounced by Gardiner, and the proxy marriage was completed.

Here the ceremony of marriage by proxy was to be solemnized.

Forced C-section debates often skirt or even devolve into a proxy pro-choice/pro-life debate, explains Diaz-Tello.

I'll be at your house—your proxy; I shall do better than Black well.

Afghanistan was basically an instrument of the West in its proxy war against the Soviets.

You will wed her—she will bear your name; but you will marry her by proxy, and I shall be your proctor.

Hoge joined in, waging a proxy battle against a liberal blogger who accused Walker et al. of being scammers.

We did not find any evidence, through both DNS lookups and proxy testing, that any of these URLs are blocked.

Now, professor, I am ready to do the cooking, but I have a fancy for doing it by proxy.