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mother figure
[ muhth-er fig-yer ]
noun
- an emotional substitute for one's mother, especially one who fulfills parental functions such as protection, authority, support, etc.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mother figure1
First recorded in 1930–35
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Example Sentences
Watch this clip, then send a bouquet of flowers to the nonpsychotic mother figure in your life.
From The Daily Beast
Most important, he was a mother figure—he cared for them, reassured them, agonized on them, nagged them, even wept for them.
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What the courts care about is who the mother figure really is, the de facto mom.
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