stand-in

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stand-in - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  stand-in
      n 1: someone who takes the place of another (as when things get
           dangerous or difficult); "the star had a stand-in for
           dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer
           fill-ins" [syn: stand-in, substitute, relief,
           reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in]