Proxy Meaning
/ˈpɹɒk.si/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjUsed as a proxy or acting as a proxy.
nounAn agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.
Sentence Examples
They used a proxy to contact us.
Saudi Arabia and Iran are already fighting a proxy war in Yemen.
Are you authorized to act as her proxy?
CEFR Practice Quiz
Since the CEO was unable to attend the meeting, she sent a ____ to vote on her behalf.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She was unable to attend the meeting and asked a colleague to vote by ____ on her behalf.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Every peer […] may make another lord of parliament his proxy, to vote for him in his absence."
— 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
"I have no man's proxy: I speak only for myself."
— 1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Since the CEO was unable to attend the meeting, she sent a ____ to vote on her behalf.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She was unable to attend the meeting and asked a colleague to vote by ____ on her behalf.