1. proxy(n = noun.person) placeholder, procurator - a person authorized to act for another;
is a kind of agent
2. proxy(n = noun.communication) - a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting;
is a kind of power of attorney
1. The agency for another who acts through the agent; authority to act for another, esp. to vote in a legislative or corporate capacity. [1913 Webster]
"I have no man's proxy: I speak only for myself." [1913 Webster]
2. The person who is substituted or deputed to act or vote for another. [1913 Webster]
"Every peer . . . may make another lord of parliament his proxy, to vote for him in his absence." [1913 Webster]
3. A writing by which one person authorizes another to vote in his stead, as in a corporation meeting. [1913 Webster]
4. The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts. Burrill. [1913 Webster]
5. See Procuration. [1913 Webster]
To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another. [1913 Webster]
proxy, n. (pl. -ies) (also attrib.)
1 the authorization given to a substitute or deputy (a proxy vote; was married by proxy).
2 a person authorized to act as a substitute etc.
3 a a document giving the power to act as a proxy, esp. in voting. b a vote given by this.
Etymology:
ME f. obs. procuracy f. med.L procuratia (as PROCURATION)
N deputy, substitute, vice, proxy, locum tenens, badli, delegate, representative, next friend, surrogate, secondary, regent, viceregent, vizier, minister, vicar, premier, chancellor, prefect, provost, warden, lieutenant, archon, consul, proconsul, viceroy, commissioner, Tsung-li Yamen, Wai Wu Pu, plenipotentiary, alter ego, team, eight, eleven, champion, acting, vice, vice regal, accredited to, in behalf of.