proxy /ˈprɑksi/
代理,代理人,委託書 ; 代理主機,(是一種在防火牆保護下的大系統中,以PROXY作為代理主機來存取INTERNET)
Prox·y n.; pl. Proxies
1. The agency for another who acts through the agent; authority to act for another, esp. to vote in a legislative or corporate capacity.
I have no man's proxy: I speak only for myself. --Burke.
2. The person who is substituted or deputed to act or vote for another.
Every peer . . . may make another lord of parliament his proxy, to vote for him in his absence. --Blackstone.
3. A writing by which one person authorizes another to vote in his stead, as in a corporation meeting.
4. Eng. Law The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts.
5. Eccl. See Procuration. [Obs.]
Prox·y, v. i. To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another. [R.]
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proxy
n 1: a person authorized to act for another [syn: placeholder,
procurator]
2: a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a
corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at
a corporate meeting