SUBSTITUTE

substitute. substitute, a deputie, or one set in place of another.

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substitute. Substitute, n. one who acts for another, a deputy, one thing used in place of another

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Sub″stit″ute (?), n. [[L. substitutus, p. p. of substituere to put under, put in the place of; sub under + statuere to put, place: cf. F. substitut. See Statute.]] One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else; specifically (Mil.), a person who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript or drafted man. Hast thou not made me here thy substitute? Milton. Ladies . . . wore masks as the sole substitute known to our ancestors for the modern parasol. De Quincey.