English Explanatory Dictionary

proxy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Used as a proxy or acting as a proxy.
noun
  1. An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.
  2. The authority to act for another, especially when written.
  3. The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts
  4. A measurement of one physical quantity that is used as an indicator of the value of another
  5. An interface for a service, especially for one that is remote, resource-intensive, or otherwise difficult to use directly.
  6. A card used to substitute for another card, when the latter is not available.
verb
  1. To serve as a proxy for.
  2. To function as a server for a client device, but pass on the requests to another server for service.
noun
  1. Clipping of proximity mine.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɹɒk.si/ /ˈpɹɑk.si/ en-us-proxy.ogg

Word forms

proxy proxies proxying proxied

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English procucie, contraction of procuracie, from Anglo-Norman procuracie, from Medieval Latin procuratia, from Latin prōcūrātiō, from Latin prōcūrō (“to manage, administer”) (English procure). Compare proctor.

Synonyms

deputy substitute representative proxy mine

Derived words

multiproxy Münchausen syndrome by proxy open proxy server paleoproxy proxy battle proxy bullying proxy card proxy fight proxygene proxy in blank proxyless proxy marriage proxy murder proxy pattern proxy representative proxy server proxyship proxy statement proxy vote proxy voting proxy war pseudoproxy synchronization proxy war by proxy
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