noun ·see procuration.
2. proxy ·vi to act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another.
3. proxy ·noun the person who is substituted or deputed to act or vote for another.
4. proxy ·noun the written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts.
5. proxy ·noun a writing by which one person authorizes another to vote in his stead, as in a corporation meeting.
6. proxy ·noun the agency for another who acts through the agent; authority to act for another, ·esp. to vote in a legislative or corporate capacity.