FATHER-FIGURE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A man (often a powerful or influential man) who arouses emotions usually felt for your real father and with whom you identify psychologically

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))

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