father figure
nounDefinitions
One who represents, behaves as, or is regarded as equivalent to a father for another…
One who represents, behaves as, or is regarded as equivalent to a father for another person or group of people.
- Tudjman, the national father-figure, emerged as the improbable and unexpected victor of the wars of the Yugoslav succession of 1991-99.
- Orphaned at a young age, he found a father figure in the confident and committed al-Bahri.
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