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FATHER FIGURE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A man who takes over all the functions of the real father

Synonyms:

father figure; father surrogate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("father figure" is a kind of...):

adult male; man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "father figure"):

foster-father; foster father (a man who is a foster parent)

stepfather (the husband of your mother by a subsequent marriage)

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