# proxy
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈpɹɒk.si/
* (US) IPA: /ˈpɹɑk.si/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɒksi

### Etymology 1

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

#### Adjective

proxy (not comparable)
* Used as a proxy or acting as a proxy.
    a proxy indicator
    a proxy measurement

##### Translations
#### Noun

proxy (plural proxies)
* An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.
** 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:Every peer […] may make another lord of parliament his proxy, to vote for him in his absence.
* The authority to act for another, especially when written.
** 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:I have no man's proxy: I speak only for myself.
* The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts
* (sciences) A measurement of one physical quantity that is used as an indicator of the value of another
* (software) An interface for a service, especially for one that is remote, resource-intensive, or otherwise difficult to use directly.

##### Synonyms

* deputy
* substitute
* representative
* See also Thesaurus:deputy

##### Hyponyms

* caching proxy
* closed proxy
* complexity-hiding proxy
* copy-on-write proxy
* dynamic proxy
* firewall proxy
* forward proxy
* network proxy
* open proxy
* protection proxy
* remote proxy
* reverse proxy
* smart-reference proxy
* surrogate proxy
* synchronisation proxy
* virtual proxy

##### Derived terms

* Münchausen syndrome by proxy
* open proxy server
* proxy battle
* proxy bullying
* proxy card
* proxy fight
* proxy in blank
* proxy marriage
* proxy murder
* proxy pattern
* proxy representative
* proxy server
* proxy vote
* proxy voting
* proxy war
* synchronization proxy
* war by proxy

##### Translations
#### Verb

proxy (third-person singular simple present proxies, present participle proxying, simple past and past participle proxied)
* To serve as a proxy for.
** 1983, Alfred Blumstein, National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Sentencing Research, Research on Sentencing: The Search for Reform, page 143
    In many of the studies we reviewed, it is common practice to use an observed variable to proxy for a relevant variable that could not be observed.
* (networking) To function as a server for a client device, but pass on the requests to another server for service.

### Etymology 2

proximity + -y.

#### Noun

proxy (plural proxies)
* (video games slang) Short for proximity mine.
** 2001, "TripleRaid", Perfect Dark: Glitch FAQ
    (Make sure you don't move!! Might trigger a proxy..!)
** 2001, "CyricZ", Perfect Dark: FAQ/Walkthrough
    the only means the Protectors have of delaying is by laying mines and Sentry Guns, and the Runners can only use the Magnums to blow up Proxies and Sentries.
** 2002, "yc", Super Smash Bros.: Kirby
    Usually, the only reason I play in Yoshi's Island is to have fun with the clouds - put proxies on them, taunt from them, whatever.
** 2006, "eatyourmumshead", Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory: Online Mode FAQ
    You can also walk with your gun out, as this will limit your speed, allowing you do evade the proxies.

##### Synonyms

* proxy mine

### References

* ↑ Alexander M[ansfield] Burrill (1850–1851) “PROXY”, in A New Law Dictionary and Glossary: […], volume (please specify |part= or |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: John S. Voorhies, […], →OCLC.
* “proxy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English proxy.

### Noun

proxy m (invariable)
* (computing) proxy (interface program)

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English proxy.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpɾɔk.si/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈpɾɔ.ksi/

### Noun

proxy m (plural proxies)
* (software) proxy (software serving as an interface for a service)
* Clipping of servidor proxy.

## Turkish
### Noun

proxy (definite accusative proxyi, plural proxyler)
* (computing) The proxy.

#### Synonyms

* vekil sunucu
* yetkili sunucu